Patent ID: 8077619
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An access edge node for aggregating data traffic over an access domain, the access domain carrying data traffic between user domains and service provider domains, the access edge node comprising: a service agent unit, having a processor for executing non-transitory instructions, for hosting service agents, each of the service agents corresponding to one of the service provider domains, and maintaining and controlling a Virtual Local Area Network per service provider domain over the access domain; a service bindings unit, having a processor for executing non-transitory instructions, for hosting existing service bindings information, each of the service bindings information including identity of one of the service agents, user domain information and access domain transport primitives; an input/output for communicating with the service provider domains, with the access domain and with access nodes providing access to the access domain to the user domains, the input/output further receiving service request related messages, the service request related message identifying one of the service provider domains and one of the user domains; and a controller for determining, upon receipt of a service request related message at the input/output, whether one of the service agents correspond to the service provider domains identified therein, and if so, creating a corresponding service binding in the service bindings unit and informing an access node serving the user domain identified in the service request message to send data traffic related to the received service request in accordance with the created service binding.