| CPC H04L 45/02 (2013.01) [H04L 69/324 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method of operating a first node in a communication network, comprising:
detecting establishment of a new physical communication link with a second node in the communication network;
receiving a link layer discovery protocol, LLDP, message from the second node, wherein the LLDP message comprises a first field that identifies a type of type-length-value, TLV, and a second field that identifies a logical interface type that is to be supported over the new physical communication link;
identifying a service associated with the identified logical interface type; and
activating the identified service.
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