Patent ID: 7706265

Claim:
A decentralized node, located in an access network, for providing a given user domain connected to the access network with content originated at cached information on behalf of a service provider domain, the decentralized node comprising: an input/output unit for receiving and sending data traffic over the access network; an aggregation unit for: storing information on service bindings established over the access network, the information including for each service binding an identification of the service binding, an identity of the service provider domain, and an identity of one of a plurality of user domains, and managing and maintaining over the access network one or multiple virtual local area networks (VLAN) over which the data traffic is to be aggregated in accordance with the established service bindings; a controlling unit for handling data traffic exchange in accordance with established service bindings by: identifying in the aggregation unit one of the service bindings corresponding to the service provider domain, the identified service binding further including an identity of the given user domain; identifying a corresponding one of the VLANs; and instructing the input/output unit to aggregate, over the identified VLAN, data from the local duplicate, in accordance to the identified service binding.