Patent ID: 8705342

Claim:
A cross-domain network resource reservation scheduler configured to schedule at least one path from at least one end-site, the cross-domain network resource reservation scheduler being associated with the at least one end-site, the cross-domain network resource reservation scheduler comprising: a management plane device configured to monitor and provide information representing at least one of functionality, performance, faults, and fault recovery associated with a network resource; a control plane device configured to schedule the network resource by at least one provision local area network quality of service, provision local area network bandwidth, and provision wide area network bandwidth; and a service plane device configured to interface with the control plane device to reserve the network resource based on a reservation request and the information from the management plane device, the management plane device, control plane device, and service plane device being associated with the at least one end-site; wherein the service plane device comprises: at least one network device controller (NDC) configured to control configuration of network devices associated with a local area network, the local area network being associated with the at least one end-site; an end-site domain controller (ESDC) configured to control a resource associated with the local area network using the at least one NDC; and a distributed services module (DSM) configured to interface with the at least one ESDC to configure path segments associated with the local area network, the DSM being configured to interface with an inter-domain controller (IDC) to provide the path from the at least one end-site.