Patent ID: 7680134

Claim:
A physical machine readable medium that provides instructions, which when executed by a set of processors, cause said set of processors to perform operations comprising: receiving a first packet originating from a first subscriber, where the first packet was formed by encapsulating a second packet into a first protocol; receiving a third packet originating from a second subscriber, where the third packet was formed by encapsulating a fourth packet into a second protocol; establishing a non-homogeneous Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) tunnel capable of carrying the first and second protocol type; establishing a first and second L2TP session to carry the first and second protocol type respectively over the L2TP tunnel; encapsulating the first packet and the third packet in L2TP encapsulation respectively; and transmitting the first and third L2TP encapsulated packets over the first and second L2TP sessions respectively.