Patent ID: 8880699

Claim:
A method for providing a service, comprising: establishing one or more service parameter values for a service, a service parameter value describing a metric of the service, the metric used to configure a local area network to perform at a level of service; mapping the one or more service parameter values to one or more first network parameter values, a first network parameter value operable to instruct a first wide area network having a first transport mechanism to perform at the level of service, the mapping comprising: determining the level of service provided by the service parameter values; selecting the first network parameter values to yield the level of service; and setting the first network parameter values according to the selection; providing the service over the first transport mechanism; mapping the one or more service parameter values to one or more second network parameter values, a second network parameter value operable to instruct a second wide area network having a second transport mechanism to perform at the level of service, the mapping comprising: determining the level of service provided by the service parameter values; selecting the second network parameter values to yield the level of service; and setting the second network parameter values according to the selection, the second network parameter values distinct from the first network parameter values; and providing the service over the second transport mechanism.