Patent ID: 8532124
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing network access, the method comprising: receiving a connection request to communicatively couple a first device that communicates using an ethernet network protocol and a second device that communicates using a wide area network protocol; assigning an address to an ethernet interface associated with an ethernet channel service unit and the first device, wherein the assigning of the address is based at least in part upon a wide area network internet protocol address of an edge device of a wide area network associated with the second device; converting a plurality of packets between the ethernet network protocol and the wide area network protocol without examining data payloads of the plurality of packets, wherein the plurality of packets are intended for the second device; adjusting packet encapsulation, by utilizing instructions stored in memory and executed by a processor, for each of the plurality of packets without examining the data payloads of the plurality of packets; transmitting the plurality of packets converted between the ethernet protocol and the wide area network protocol to the second device; and establishing a point-to-point connection between the first device and the second device.