Patent ID: 7539135

Claim:
A carrier virtual network system, the carrier virtual network system comprising: a first telecommunication network, the first telecommunication network having a plurality of layer one resources and a first network system manager that manages the first telecommunication network; a second telecommunication network, the second telecommunication network having a plurality of layer one resources and a second network system manager that manages the second telecommunication network; a first portion of the layer one resources of the second telecommunication network dedicated to a first carrier virtual network, wherein the dedicated layer one resources of the second telecommunication network are freely accessible to the first telecommunications network; a first dedicated connection between the first network system manager and the second network system manager, wherein the second network system manager identifies the first portion of layer one resources of the second telecommunication network dedicated to the first carrier virtual network to the first network system manager using the first dedicated connection; and a first network connection linking the first telecommunication network to the portion of the first layer one resources of the second telecommunication network dedicated to the first carrier virtual network, the first telecommunication network accessing the first portion of layer one resources of the second telecommunication network through the first network connection.