Patent ID: 8412834

Claim:
A method comprising: exchanging, by network elements associated with distinct network domains, signaling and media border processing information between the distinct network domains by way of a secure packet-switched connection between the network elements associated with the distinct network domains; exchanging, by the network elements associated with the distinct network domains, service policy information between the distinct network domains by way of the secure packet-switched connection; peering, by the network elements associated with the distinct network domains, at least one session associated with a first service type between the distinct network domains by way of a packet-switched network-to-network interconnection interface in accordance with the exchanged signaling and media border processing information; peering, by the network elements associated with the distinct network domains, at least one other session associated with a second service type between the distinct network domains by way of the packet-switched network-to-network interconnection interface in accordance with the exchanged signaling and media border processing information; enforcing, by the network elements associated with the distinct network domains, a first performance threshold specified by the service policy information for the peering of the at least one session associated with the first service type; and enforcing, by the network elements associated with the distinct network domains, a second performance threshold specified by the service policy information for the peering of the at least one other session associated with the second service type.