Dynamic Network Service Association and On Demand Service Provisioning

摘要

An edge switch enables service provisioning and dynamic service association for end devices coupled to the edge switch. The edge switch maintains a generic user profile that includes classification rules for classifying incoming traffic from the end devices to Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) VLAN tunnel services. Upon detecting incoming traffic on an access port of the edge switch, the edge switch accesses the generic user profile to determine whether the incoming traffic matches one of the classification rules, and if so, automatically associates the incoming traffic with a VLAN tunnel service indicated by the matching classification rule to provide tunnel-based connectivity to remote end devices associated with the VLAN tunnel service.

主权项

1. An edge switch, comprising:
an access port coupled to at least one end device; a network port coupled to a core network; a memory for storing a generic user profile, the generic user profile including classification rules for classifying traffic received on the access port to Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) VLAN tunnel services; and a processor for:
detecting incoming traffic on the access port;accessing the generic user profile to determine whether the incoming traffic matches one of the classification rules; andif the incoming traffic matches one of the classification rules, automatically associating the incoming traffic with a VLAN tunnel service indicated by a matching one of the classification rules to provide tunnel-based connectivity to remote end devices associated with the service via the network port.