Abstract: Supporting a scalable and Highly Available (HA) service platform. The service platform may be a virtual Cable Modem Termination System (vCMTS), a Passive Optical Network (PON), or a Broadband Network Gateway (BNG). A software component receives, from the service platform, an update about a particular unit of equipment, such as a cable modem (CM), Optical Network Unit (ONU)/Optical Network Terminal (ONT), or customer premises equipment (CPE). In response to receiving the update, the software component provides, to at least one edge router, route data for the particular unit of equipment. The route data informs the edge router of a next hop network address for a network address of the unit of equipment. The edge router is not and need not be provided with either (a) any Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) data for the particular unit of equipment and (b) any Neighbor Discovery (ND) data for the particular unit of equipment.

Abstract: Supporting a scalable and Highly Available (HA) service platform. The service platform may be a virtual Cable Modem Termination System (vCMTS), a Passive Optical Network (PON), or a Broadband Network Gateway (BNG). A software component receives, from the service platform, an update about a particular unit of equipment, such as a cable modem (CM), Optical Network Unit (ONU)/Optical Network Terminal (ONT), or customer premises equipment (CPE). In response to receiving the update, the software component provides, to at least one edge router, route data for the particular unit of equipment. The route data informs the edge router of a next hop network address for a network address of the unit of equipment. The edge router is not and need not be provided with either (a) any Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) data for the particular unit of equipment and (b) any Neighbor Discovery (ND) data for the particular unit of equipment.

Abstract: Supporting a scalable and Highly Available (HA) virtual Cable Modem Termination System (vCMTS). A software component receives, from the vCMTS, an update about a particular cable modem (CM) or customer premises equipment (CPE). The update may be sent in response to the particular CM or CPE becoming online or offline. In response to receiving the update, the software component provides, to at least one edge router, route data for the particular CM or CPE. The route data informs the edge router of a next hop network address for a network address of the particular CM or CPE. The edge router is not and need not be provided with either (a) any Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) data for the particular CM or CPE and (b) any Neighbor Discovery (ND) data for the particular CM or CPE.

Abstract: Configurable levels of latency in data flows based on application type. An application type for a data flow is identified. The application type is one of a plurality of types that include a first type associated with applications that retransmit missing data packets not received by the intended recipient and a second type associated with applications that do not retransmit missing data packets not received by the intended recipient. Data packets of a data flow are enqueued onto a particular queue of two or more queues based on their identified application type. Each of the two or more queues store data packets of a different application type to be sent across a communication channel.