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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2019
Level 3 Communications, Llc, Broomfield, CO (US);
Francis Ferguson, Aurora, CO (US);
Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for implementing and utilizing one or more service labels in a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network for delivery service through the network. The general, the service label acts to instantiate a service tunnel between two or more devices of the network, such as between a service or provider edge device and a metro device of the network. The service label is unique and arbitrary label per service to a network device. Once the service tunnel is established between the devices, one or more Internet Protocol (IP) or Ethernet services can be multiplex over the service tunnel to the network device. Also, one or more service labels (tunnels) can be established between any two or more network devices to allow for greater flexibility and scale.