Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Juzer T Kopti

Syed Ammar Ahmad

A method, performed by a network device, may include generating a virtual Layer 3 device for a customer's network. The method may further include establishing a Layer 2 connection between the customer's network and the generated virtual Layer 3 device; establishing a Layer 3 connection between the generated virtual Layer 3 device and a Layer 3 network; and configuring the generated virtual Layer 3 device to function as an edge router for the customer's network.

Cloud-based WAN management

A cloud center infrastructure system may include a service aggregator connected directly to a provider network. The service aggregator may be configured to receive, via the provider network, a data unit from a customer device, associated with a customer; identify a first device, associated with a first traffic processing service, based on a sequence of traffic processing services associated with the customer; and send the data unit to the first device, wherein the first device is located in a cloud services center, and wherein the first device is connected to the service aggregator over a Layer 2 connection.

Service aggregation in a cloud services center

An approach is provided for performing cloud based computer network security services. Data traffic from a plurality of networks corresponding to a plurality of subscribers are received. Data traffic is routed to a security platform over a communication path to one or more service aggregators to process the data traffic according to one or more security services performed by the security platform. The security services are provided as a managed service by a service provider. The processed data are received from the one or more service aggregators, and routed to the corresponding one of the networks.

Method and system for providing cloud based network security services

An approach is provided for performing cloud based computer network security services. Security policies are established for each of a number of subscribers. The subscribers are provided access to the security services via a common network cloud managed by the service provider. The security services are administered according to a multi-tenancy format, which enables the subscribers' data communications to be separately processed. The security services include network firewalling and filtering of content originating from or destined to one or more networks associated with the subscribers.

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