System and method for provisioning connections as a distributed digital cross-connect over a packet network

At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with logic that is operable when executed to:

• receive a request to provision a path for a requested wireless communication service, the path associated with at least a portion of a packet network;
• determine whether a router is required by a type of virtual circuit used by the requested wireless communication service, wherein the determination comprises:
• determining a type of wireless communication service requested;
• determining the type of virtual circuit associated with the requested wireless communication service, wherein the type of virtual circuit is selected from the group consisting of:
• an Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaptation Layer-2 (AAL2) virtual circuit and an Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaptation Layer-5 (AAL5) virtual circuit;
• and
• determining whether the router is required based on the type of virtual circuit associated with the requested wireless communication service;
• if the router is not required, provision a first connection between a first gateway and a second gateway, wherein the first connection does not include the router;
• if the router is required, provision a second connection between the first gateway and the router, and provisioning a third connection between the router and the second gateway;
• and
• at least one of associate and disassociate a first endpoint of the first gateway and a second endpoint of the second gateway with one or more of the connections;
• wherein when the type of virtual circuit associated with the requested wireless communication service is an AAL5 virtual circuit, associating the first and second endpoints with one or more of the connections comprises:
• generating a Realtime Transfer Protocol (RTP) port value associated with the one or more connections, wherein the one or more connections are at least a portion of the virtual circuit that requires the router;
• mapping the RTP port value to a first Digital Signal level 0 (DSO) connection at the first gateway;
• and
• mapping the RTP port value to a second DSO connection at the second gateway;
• wherein when the type of virtual circuit associated with the requested wireless communication service is an AAL2 virtual circuit, associating the first and second endpoints with one or more of the connections comprises:
• generating a channel identifier (CID) associated with the one or more connections, wherein the one or more connections are at least a portion of the virtual circuit that does not require the router;
• mapping the CID to a first Digital Signal level 0 (DSO) connection at the first gateway;
• and
• mapping the CID to a second Digital Signal level 0 (DSO) connection at the second gateway.

A system, comprising:

• a memory operable to store an object model, the object model identifying a plurality of gateways in a packet network;
• and
• one or more processors collectively operable to:
• receive a request to provision a path for a requested wireless communication service, the path associated with at least a portion of the packet network;
• determine whether a router is required by a type of virtual circuit used by the requested wireless communication service, wherein the determination comprises:
• determining a type of wireless communication service requested;
• determining the type of virtual circuit associated with the requested wireless communication service, wherein the type of virtual circuit is selected from the group consisting of:
• an Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaptation Layer-2 (AAL2) virtual circuit and an Asynchronous Transfer Mode Adaptation Layer-5 (AAL5) virtual circuit;
• and
• determining whether the router is required based on the type of virtual circuit associated with the requested wireless communication service;
• if the router is not required, provision a first connection between a first of the gateways and a second of the gateways, wherein the first connection does not include the router;
• if the router is required, provision a second connection between the first gateway and the router, and provision a third connection between the router and the second gateway;
• and
• at least one of associate and disassociate a first endpoint of the first gateway and a second endpoint of the second gateway with one or more of the connections;
• wherein when the type of virtual circuit associated with the requested wireless communication service is an AAL5 virtual circuit, associating the first and second endpoints with one or more of the connections comprises:
• generating a Realtime Transfer Protocol (RTP) port value associated with the one or more connections, wherein the one or more connections are at least a portion of the virtual circuit that requires the router;
• mapping the RTP port value to a first Digital Signal level 0 (DSO) connection at the first gateway;
• and
• mapping the RTP port value to a second DSO connection at the second gateway;
• wherein when the type of virtual circuit associated with the requested wireless communication service is an AAL2 virtual circuit, associating the first and second endpoints with one or more of the connections comprises:
• generating a channel identifier (CID) associated with the one or more connections, wherein the one or more connections are at least a portion of the virtual circuit that does not require the router;
• mapping the CID to a first Digital Signal level 0 (DSO) connection at the first gateway;
• and
• mapping the CID to a second Digital Signal level 0 (DSO) connection at the second gateway.