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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2017
Equinix, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Theodore James Wagner, Arvada, CO (US);
Guido Franciscus Wilhelmus Coenders, Valkenswaard, NL;
Micah Bartell, Leander, TX (US);
Equinix, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
In general, techniques are described for dynamically programming a cloud-based service exchange to enable connections from an enterprise buyer in one metropolitan area to connect to a cloud exchange in another metropolitan area. For example, a network data center includes a programmable network platform to receive an indication of a network service provider (NSP) configured to transport traffic to a customer in a second metropolitan area; provision a virtual circuit from a customer-facing port of a cloud-based services exchange point of the second metropolitan area to the NSP; receive a service request that specifies one or more cloud services provided by one or more cloud service provider networks of the first metropolitan area operated by the respective cloud service providers; and configure access to the one or more cloud services provided by one or more cloud service provider networks via the virtual circuit.