Patent ID: 8289964

Claim:
Apparatus configured to provide service mediation in a network having a Layer-2 domain and an MPLS domain, comprising: in the Layer-2 domain, at least one Layer-2 provider edge device in communication with a first customer site; and at least one Layer-2 edge device in communication with the Layer-2 provider edge device; and in the MPLS domain, at least one MPLS mediation edge device in communication with the Layer-2 edge device; and at least one MPLS provider edge device in communication with both the MPLS mediation edge device and a second customer site, the MPLS mediation edge device including logic configured to resolve associations between one of the Layer-2 edge devices and one of the MPLS provider edge devices without reference to an address encoded by the Layer-2 edge device, resolving associations between one of the Layer-2 edge devices and one of the MPLS provider edge devices without reference to an address encoded by the Layer-2 edge device comprises resolving associations between Calling Party/Called Party (â€œCIP/CDPâ€) and Source Attachment Individual Identifier/Target Attachment Individual Identifier, MPLS provider edge address (â€œSAII/TAII, MPE-IP addressâ€).