The presently disclosed architecture enables a service provider to support
public voice VPN services over an IP VPN network. The architecture
utilizes a customer VPN, a designated gateway for the customer VPN, an IP
VPN transport network, and a Call Control Element/router Complex which
uses IP technology to map between the IP VPN and the voice VPN. With such
an arrangement, the customer VPN is extended to the gatekeeper of the
Call Control Element/router Complex, thereby enabling the provision of
voice VPN services over an IP network.