Isolating services across a single physical network interface
AssigneeEntry Point, LLC
InventorsJeffrey Peterson, Eric Turner, Robert Peterson
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AssigneeEntry Point, LLC
InventorsJeffrey Peterson, Eric Turner, Robert Peterson
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Services can be isolated across a single physical network interface. A gateway that is installed at the user's premises can include a single inbound port over which multiple services can be provided to the premises. The gateway can evaluate all outbound frames that are received at the port to identify to which service they pertain and then tag the frames with an identifier assigned to the service. This tagging will enable the frames to be delivered to the intended service provider. When the gateway receives an inbound frame, it can strip the identifier from the frame and forward it over the single inbound port regardless of the service to which it pertains. In this way, multiple services that are provided to the user's premises can remain isolated on the wide area network even though they are provided over the same physical medium on the user's local area network.
A method, performed by a networking device that is connected to one or more switches of a network, for modifying frames to include a service-specific identifier, the method comprising:
One or more computer storage media storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by a gateway that connects one or more user devices to a network, implement a method for modifying frames to include a service-specific identifier, the method comprising:
A software-defined network architecture comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.