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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2012
Michael U. Bencheck, Richardson, TX (US);
Matthew W. Turlington, Richardson, TX (US);
Scott R. Kotrla, Wylie, TX (US);
William A. Bjorkman, Odenton, MD (US);
Christopher N. Delregno, Rowlett, TX (US);
Michael U. Bencheck, Richardson, TX (US);
Matthew W. Turlington, Richardson, TX (US);
Scott R. Kotrla, Wylie, TX (US);
William A. Bjorkman, Odenton, MD (US);
Christopher N. DelRegno, Rowlett, TX (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
Exemplary carrier Ethernet service bandwidth allocation systems and methods are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes a carrier Ethernet service system 1) receiving an Ethernet layer operation, administration, and management ('OAM') protocol based message provided by a customer premises device to a network interface device over a user network interface ('UNI'), the Ethernet layer OAM protocol based message including a request to adjust an amount of bandwidth allocated to a carrier Ethernet service provided by the Ethernet service system to the customer premises device, and 2) adjusting, in response to the request, the amount of bandwidth allocated to the carrier Ethernet service. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.