Methods, systems, and computer readable media for configuring a flow interface on a network routing element

A system for configuring a flow interface on a network routing element, the system comprising:

• a customer service provider (CSP) host server comprising at least one processor and memory configured to execute:
• an inventory management (IM) module configured, when executed by the at least one processor of the CSP host server, to establish a plurality of flow interfaces associated with an enterprise service in response to receiving, from customer equipment at a service location, an order request for the enterprise service by generating a corresponding flow interface information parameters that define the plurality of flow interfaces and a flow interface bit rate for each of the plurality of flow interfaces that is used to implement the enterprise service and provide the enterprise service to the customer equipment;
• an order and service management (OSM) module configured, when executed by the at least one processor of the host server, to send the flow interface information parameters defining the plurality of flow interfaces to a plurality of network routing elements designated to transport the enterprise service, wherein at least a set of two of the plurality of flow interfaces form a logical cross-connect connecting the two of the plurality of flow interfaces in at least one of the plurality of network elements and carry packet traffic at a same flow interface bit rate, the logical cross-connect requires a flow identifier translation, by the at least one of the plurality of network elements, between two different virtual local area networks having different flow identifiers in order to implement the enterprise service, wherein another set of two of the plurality of flow interfaces are within one of the different virtual local area networks and have same flow identifiers,
• wherein the flow interfaces are configured on physical media interfaces of the plurality of network routing elements as specified by the parameters included in the flow interface information, wherein each of the physical media interfaces at the plurality of network routing elements is logically portioned in accordance to the flow interface information parameters generated by the CSP host server to include one or more of the flow interfaces, wherein each of the flow interfaces communicates at the corresponding flow interface bit rate defined by the CSP host server, and implementing the enterprise service via the configured flow interface.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions embodied in the computer readable medium that when executed by a processor of a computer perform a method for configuring a flow interface on a network routing element, the method comprising:

• establishing, by a customer service provider (CSP) host server, a plurality of flow interfaces associated with an enterprise service in response to receiving, from customer equipment at a service location, an order request for the enterprise service by generating flow interface information parameters that define the plurality of flow interfaces and a corresponding flow interface bit rate for each of the plurality of flow interfaces that is used to implement the enterprise service and provide the enterprise service to the customer equipment;
• sending, by the CSP host server, the flow interface information parameters defining the plurality of flow interfaces to a plurality of network routing elements designated to transport the enterprise service, wherein at least a set of two of the plurality of flow interfaces form a logical cross-connect connecting the two of the plurality of flow interfaces in at least one of the plurality of network elements and carry packet traffic at a same flow interface bit rate, the logical cross-connect requires a flow identifier translation, by the at least one of the plurality of network elements, between two different virtual local area networks having different flow identifiers in order to implement the enterprise service, wherein another set of two of the plurality of flow interfaces are within one of the different virtual local area networks and have same flow identifiers;
• configuring the flow interfaces on physical media interfaces of the plurality of network routing elements as specified by the flow interface information parameters, wherein each of the physical media interfaces at the plurality of network routing elements is logically portioned in accordance to the flow interface information parameters generated by the CSP host server to include one or more of the flow interfaces, wherein each of the flow interfaces communicates at the corresponding flow interface bit rate that is defined by the CSP host server;
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• implementing the enterprise service via the configured flow interfaces.