VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK, AND MULTI-SERVICE PROVISIONING PLATFORM AND METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for providing an application of an Ethernet/MPLS half bridge to provide Ethernet multiplexing functions (EMF) in SONET network elements (NEs).

SOLUTION: In one embodiment, a virtual private network includes a core network. The core network includes a SONET over-shared label switching network. A plurality of Virtual Local Access Networks (VLANs) are coupled to a Multiservice Provisioning Platform (MSPP) of the core network. Each VLAN communicates traffic with a corresponding MSPP utilizing Ethernet over a plurality of Ethernet interfaces. The MSPP interfaces the VLANs with the core network partially based on the plurality of Ethernet interfaces.

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