Patent ID: 7369572

Claim:
A packet communication system comprising: a customer interface located at a customer site and having physically separate customer interface ports, wherein a first one of the customer interface ports exchanges first Ethernet packets with the customer site for a first service, wherein a second one of the customer interface ports exchanges second Ethernet packets with the customer site for a second service, and wherein the customer interface exchanges the first Ethernet packets and the second Ethernet packets with a TDM link; a network interface having physically separate network interface ports, wherein the network interface exchanges the first Ethernet packets and the second Ethernet packets with the TDM link, wherein a first one of the network interface ports exchanges the first Ethernet packets for a first service with a first link, and wherein a second one of the network interface ports exchanges the second Ethernet packets for a second service with a second link; a network router configured to exchange the first Ethernet packets with the first link, exchange the second Ethernet packets with the second link, interwork between the first Ethernet packets and a first Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) tunnel for the first service, and interwork between the second Ethernet packets and a second MPLS tunnel for the second service; and wherein the customer interface, the network interface, and the network router provide Quality-of-Service (QoS) management for the first service and the second service on a per service basis.