Patent ID: 6996110

Claim:
A system for processing packets of information, the system comprising: an ingress module comprising an L2TP Access Concentrator (LAC), the ingress module receiving a plurality of packets of information from a first network, the ingress module determining the type of each of the plurality of packets; and a route server module comprising an L2TP Network server (LNS), the route server module being coupled to the ingress module, the route server module sending a distributed processing request to the ingress module; wherein the ingress module receives the distributed processing request and, responsively, performs Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) processing on data packets of the plurality of packets having an MPLS label and routes the MPLS processed packets in accordance with the MPLS label; wherein the ingress module forwards non-data packets of the plurality of packets of information to the route server module via an L2TP tunnel established between the LAC and the LNS; and wherein the route server module receives the non-data packets of the plurality of packets of information and performs centralized processing operations on the non-data packets.