Patent ID: 8392984

Claim:
A router configuration system, comprising: a transceiver configured to receive a work request associated with a service order, wherein the service order requests enrollment of a customer in a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to VPN bridging network service for Internet Protocol (IP) video conferencing; and a processing unit, comprising one or more processors or microprocessors, or processing logic, configured to: retrieve network attributes associated with a private IP network used by the customer from the work request, wherein the private IP network includes a provider edge (PE) router, and a bridging node is connected to the private IP network via the PE router, wherein the bridging node comprises a router module and a session-border controller module, and configure multiple routers involved in providing the VPN to VPN bridging network service for IP video conferencing via the private IP network based on the network attributes, wherein, when configuring the multiple routers, the processing unit is further configured to: configure the PE router to be part of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) of the customer; and configure the PE router and the router module to set up a Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC) between the PE router and the router module.