Abstract: A network element implements a method to support a plurality of network services between a computing device and the network element over non-channelized media using a single subscriber session. The method includes receiving from a computing device a request for a first network service that includes a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the computing device, retrieving a user record from a database server based on the MAC address of the computing device, determining from the user record whether the computing device supports the first network service and a second network service, and upon determining that the computing device supports the first network service and the second network service, creating a single dual-stack session that combines the first network service and the second network service.

Abstract: Exemplary methods in a first network device of an inter-chassis redundancy (ICR) system communicatively coupled to a second network device of the ICR system, the first network device configured as an active ICR device communicatively coupled to a third network device via a first link and a third link, the second network device configured as a standby ICR device, wherein the first link and the second link belong to a first multi-chassis link aggregation group (MC-LAG), include negotiating with a first client device to create a first session that is carried over the first link of the first MC-LAG, determining whether the first session is stateful, wherein a session is stateful if it is carried over an MC-LAG, and in response to determining the first session is stateful, sending session information associated with the first session to the second network device.

Abstract: A network element implements a method to support a plurality of network services between a residential gateway and the network element over non-channelized media using a single subscriber session. The method includes receiving from a residential gateway a request for a network service that includes a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the residential gateway, determining whether the MAC address of the residential gateway matches a MAC address of an existing subscriber session for a previously configured network service, and upon determining that the MAC address of the residential gateway matches the MAC address of the existing subscriber session, consolidating a subscriber session for the network service and the existing subscriber session into a single dual-stack session. The method further includes enabling the residential gateway to access the network service where the network service and the previously configured network service are managed by the single dual-stack session.

Abstract: A network element implements a method to support a plurality of network services between a computing device and the network element over non-channelized media using a single subscriber session. The method includes receiving from a computing device a request for a first network service that includes a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the computing device, retrieving a user record from a database server based on the MAC address of the computing device, determining from the user record whether the computing device supports the first network service and a second network service, and upon determining that the computing device supports the first network service and the second network service, creating a single dual-stack session that combines the first network service and the second network service.