Patent ID: 8289969

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable medium including code that when executed by a computer system performs a method for configuring an edge switch for a requested connection, the code comprising a set of instructions to: store connection profiles for connections, wherein the connections are connections for sources to connect to a network, and the connection profiles identify network attributes for the connections and each connection profile includes a status of one of available and subscribed for a connection, wherein an available status for a connection profile indicates that the corresponding connection is available to be subscribed by a source, and a subscribed status for a connection profile indicates that the corresponding connection has been subscribed by a source subsequent to a determination that one of the stored connection profiles is available and matches a connection request, is reserved for the source to send and receive network traffic, and is unavailable to be used by other sources; assign a stored connection profile to a requested connection for a source; determine the network attributes for the assigned connection profile; and send the determined network attributes to an edge switch for the source to configure the edge switch to accept traffic for the source, wherein the edge switch is a network switch that is an entry point to a core network.