Patent ID: 8254265

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a session controller configured to receive a data packet from a packet-switched network having a plurality of communication links, the data packet having a virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier and Internet protocol (IP) subnet information and being associated with an ingress call, the session controller further configured to determine, based on the VLAN identifier and the IP subnet information located in the data packet, a source of the ingress call and to identify, using the source, a call routing policy to apply for routing the ingress call to an egress call peer, the call routing policy configured to define a least cost routing (LCR) call route for an ingress call over at least one of the plurality of communication links, the LCR call route being associated with an operational cost, the operational cost being lower than an operational cost associated with at least one other call route over at least one communication link from the plurality of communication links, the session controller further configured to associate the ingress call to the egress call peer based on the call routing policy, the session controller is further configured to define the call routing policy based on a route cost associated with buying or selling at least a portion of at least one call route over at least one communication link from the plurality of communication links, the call routing policy adapted to provide a most profit routing (MPR) call route for an ingress call, the MPR call route having an associated operational profit higher than the operational profit associated with at least one other call route over at least one from the plurality of communication links.