Patent ID: 7366184
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of establishing an L-3 virtual circuit between routing processes on a first and respectively second multi-service network node in a communication system, comprising the steps of: a) configuring a first endpoint on said first node for enabling a user connected to an ingress IP interface at said first node to request access to a service available at said second node; b) automatically establishing from said first endpoint, a second L-3 endpoint at an ingress port of said second node for enabling L-3 IP forwarding between said second L-3 endpoint and an egress IP interface at an egress port on said second node; c) automatically establishing said L-3 virtual circuit between said first and second endpoints over any intervening network node in said communication system for carrying L-3 traffic between the user and a service available at said egress IP interface, wherein said second L-3 endpoint is assigned a second IP address, and said second IP address is added to an IP forwarding table at the second node.