Abstract: A method is performed by a network device functioning as a Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) to enable dynamic service chaining for subscribers. The method includes receiving a first sign of life packet from a subscriber device associated with a subscriber, transmitting, to an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server, a request to authenticate the subscriber in response to receiving the first sign of life packet from the subscriber device associated with the subscriber, receiving information pertaining to a service chain associated with the subscriber upon successful authentication of the subscriber by the AAA server, generating a routing header to be added to packets belonging to the subscriber based on the information pertaining to the service chain associated with the subscriber, where the routing header includes an indication of the service chain associated with the subscriber.

Abstract: A method is implemented by a border network gateway for enabling an end user device to access home network resources and receive subscriber services in a visited network. The method includes receiving a connection from the end user device, querying an authentication server to obtain a virtual extended local area network (VXLAN) network identifier (VNI) of the end user device, and checking for the VNI for the end user device in a demultiplexor table of the border network gateway. The process further involves determining whether the end user device is in a home network of the end user device and updating an entry in the demultiplexor table to include a media access control address for the end user device in response to determining the end user device is not in the home network of the end user device.

Abstract: A method is implemented by a border network gateway for enabling an end user device to access home network resources and receive subscriber services in a visited network. The method includes receiving a connection from the end user device, querying an authentication server to obtain a virtual extended local area network (VXLAN) network identifier (VNI) of the end user device, and checking for the VNI for the end user device in a demultiplexor table of the border network gateway. The process further involves determining whether the end user device is in a home network of the end user device and updating an entry in the demultiplexor table to include a media access control address for the end user device in response to determining the end user device is not in the home network of the end user device.

Abstract: A method, a system, and an apparatus are provided for organizing management information bases (MIB) in a network. A table, associated with an overlay MIB structure, is populated with entries. Each entry defines an object identifier (OID) of a mount point and an OID of a mount target. A selection is made between the existing OIDs and OIDs corresponding to a MIB overlay. When management communication refers to managed objects, they can be referred to in terms of OIDs defined by the MIB overlay, as an alternative to their existing OIDs. An agent infrastructure is defined to support the MIB overlay structure.

Abstract: A method, a system, and an apparatus are provided for organizing management information bases (MIB) in a network. A table, associated with an overlay MIB structure, is populated with entries. Each entry defines an object identifier (OID) of a mount point and an OID of a mount target. A selection is made between the existing OIDs and OIDs corresponding to a MIB overlay. When management communication refers to managed objects, they can be referred to in terms of OIDs defined by the MIB overlay, as an alternative to their existing OIDs. An agent infrastructure is defined to support the MIB overlay structure.

Abstract: A method, a system, and an apparatus are provided for organizing management information bases (MIB) in a network. A table, associated with an overlay MIB structure, is populated with entries. Each entry defines an object identifier (OID) of a mount point and an OID of a mount target. A selection is made between the existing OIDs and OIDs corresponding to a MIB overlay. When management communication refers to managed objects, they can be referred to in terms of OIDs defined by the MIB overlay, as an alternative to their existing OIDs. An agent infrastructure is defined to support the MIB overlay structure.