Method and system for defining logical channels and channel policies in an application acceleration environment

摘要

Disclosed are a method and/or a system for defining logical channels and channel policies in an application acceleration environment. In one aspect, a system includes a branch site including a branch client. A headquarters site includes a headquarters server, the branch site and the headquarters site are communicatively coupled over a logical link via a transmission media. A first point of presence (POP) is communicatively coupled with a branch customer premise equipment (CPE) located at the branch site over a first segment of the logical link. A second POP is communicatively coupled with the first POP over a second segment of the logical link. Each segment of the logical link is constructed from a physical link and contains two segment endpoints. The physical link carries a network traffic of the network connection between the two segment endpoints of an associated segment.