Providing stateless network services

Abstract

In various systems and methods, there can be received a request for a network service. A query for the network service can be formulated based on the request. A remote access device can be instructed to interrogate remote devices coupled to the remote network access device for the network service. Access parameters related to the network service can be received in response to the interrogation. The user device can be configured to access the network service based on the access parameters.

1 . A system comprising:
 one or more processors;   memory configured to instruct the one or more processors to implement:
 a network service request receiving engine, at a local network access device, configured to receive from a user device a request for a network service; 
 a network service query formulation engine coupled to the network service request receiving engine and configured to formulate a query for the network service, the formulating being in response to the request for the network service; 
 a network service query transfer engine coupled to the network service query formulation engine and configured to provide an instruction to a remote network access device to interrogate remote network service provider devices coupled to the remote network access device for capabilities in providing the network service; 
 a network service query response engine, at the local network access device, coupled to the network service query transfer engine and configured to receive from at least one of the remote network service provider devices capable of providing the network service, access parameters related to the network service in response to the interrogation, the access parameters capable of being used to configure the user device to access the network service; 
 a user device configuration engine coupled to the network service query response engine and configured to configure the user device to access the network service from the at least one of the remote network service provider devices capable of providing the network service based on the access parameters without maintaining, at the local network access device, a state of the at least one of the remote network service provider devices in providing the network service to the user device.