Abstract: Various example embodiments for providing device application support are presented. In at least some example embodiments, device application support may be configured to support device programmability. In at least some example embodiments, device application support may be configured to support device programmability for enabling a customer that operates a device to develop a customer application for the device and to run the customer application on the device. In at least some example embodiments, device application support may be provided in a manner for enabling a customer to develop and run a customer application for a device without a need for the customer to use a software development kit (SDK) to develop the customer application.

Abstract: Various example embodiments for supporting device telemetry control are presented. Various example embodiments may provide a customer of a device, which is monitoring the device based on device telemetry whereby the device exposes device data of the device based on device telemetry control information of the device such that the data of the device may be accessed by the customer, with control over device telemetry of the device. Various example embodiments may provide a customer, which may access device data of a device based on device telemetry supported by the device, with additional control over access to the device data of the device via device telemetry by providing the customer with control over the device telemetry including enabling the customer to insert customer device telemetry control information into the device telemetry control information of the device that controls device telemetry on the device.

Abstract: Various example embodiments for supporting data retrieval flexibility are presented. Various example embodiments for supporting data retrieval flexibility may include supporting data retrieval flexibility for retrieval of data from a device that does not maintain that data using a relational database data format by supporting operation of the device as a device that supports retrieval of that data in a relational database data format using a structured query language. Various example embodiments for supporting data retrieval flexibility may include supporting data retrieval flexibility for retrieval of data from a device by supporting retrieval of data maintained at the device based on a first data format based on generation of a database storing that data in a second data format different than the first data format and using a structured query language configured to support retrieval of the data in the second data format from the database.

Abstract: Various example embodiments for providing device application support are presented. In at least some example embodiments, device application support may be configured to support device programmability. In at least some example embodiments, device application support may be configured to support device programmability for enabling a customer that operates a device to develop a customer application for the device and to run the customer application on the device. In at least some example embodiments, device application support may be provided in a manner for enabling a customer to develop and run a customer application for a device without a need for the customer to use a software development kit (SDK) to develop the customer application.

Abstract: Various example embodiments for supporting data retrieval flexibility are presented. Various example embodiments for supporting data retrieval flexibility may include supporting data retrieval flexibility for retrieval of data from a device that does not maintain that data using a relational database data format by supporting operation of the device as a device that supports retrieval of that data in a relational database data format using a structured query language. Various example embodiments for supporting data retrieval flexibility may include supporting data retrieval flexibility for retrieval of data from a device by supporting retrieval of data maintained at the device based on a first data format based on generation of a database storing that data in a second data format different than the first data format and using a structured query language configured to support retrieval of the data in the second data format from the database.

Abstract: Various example embodiments for supporting device management clustering are presented. In at least some example embodiments, device management clustering is configured to enable a set of devices to be managed as a group. In at least some example embodiments, device management clustering is configured to enable a set of devices to be managed as a group based on access to only one of the devices in the set of devices to be managed rather than based on access to all of the devices in the set of devices to be managed. In at least some example embodiments, device management clustering includes creating a device management cluster including a set of devices and performing device management for the set of devices based on the device management cluster.

Abstract: Various example embodiments for supporting device telemetry control are presented. Various example embodiments for supporting device telemetry control may provide a customer of a device, which is monitoring the device based on device telemetry whereby the device exposes device data of the device based on device telemetry control information of the device such that the data of the device may be accessed by the customer, with control over device telemetry of the device. Various example embodiments for supporting device telemetry control may provide a customer, which may access device data of a device based on device telemetry supported by the device, with additional control over access to the device data of the device via device telemetry by providing the customer with control over the device telemetry including enabling the customer to insert customer device telemetry control information into the device telemetry control information of the device that controls device telemetry on the device.

Abstract: Various example embodiments for supporting command handling are presented. In at least some example embodiments, the command handling may include command authorization and, optionally, command accounting. In at least some example embodiments, command handling at a router may be performed by detecting a command entered via a terminal running on the router and initiating a process for authorization and, optionally, accounting, of the command. In at least some example embodiments, command handling for a router may include receiving, by a management element, a command entered via a terminal running on a router, determining, by the management element, whether execution of the command on the router is authorized, and providing, by the management element, an indication as to whether execution of the command on the router is authorized. The terminal may be a Linux terminal and the associated command may be a Linux command.

Abstract: A session bundle allocation capability enables dynamic allocation of bundles of sessions being handled by a network element to modules of the network element (e.g., modules such as processing modules configured to perform one or more of traffic processing, traffic switching, and like functions). A bundle of sessions may be allocated by associating a plurality of sessions to form thereby a bundle of sessions, and assigning the bundle of sessions to a processing module group including one or more processing modules configured for processing traffic for the sessions of the bundle of sessions. A bundle of sessions may have a bundle identifier associated therewith and may be migrated from a first processing module group to a second processing module group by changing a mapping of the bundle identifier from being associated with the first processing module group to being associated with the second processing module group.

Abstract: A GTP Triggered Message handling capability is provided for enabling handling of GTP Triggered Messages. A GTP Triggered Message including a GTP Sequence Number and an invalid TEID is received, and one of a plurality of processing elements is selected for the GTP Triggered Message based on the GTP Sequence Number of the GTP Triggered Message. The selected one of the processing elements is selected based on a mapping of a group of GTP Sequence Numbers to the selected one of the processing elements. The GTP Triggered Message is propagated toward the selected processing element such that the GTP Triggered Message may be processed by the selected processing element. In this manner, processing of GTP Triggered Messages having invalid TEIDs may be performed by processing elements which typically process GTP Triggered Messages having valid TEIDs, such that GTP Triggered Messages having invalid TEIDs are not required to be processed by a central processing module before being provided to the processing elements.

Abstract: A GTP Triggered Message handling capability is provided for enabling handling of GTP Triggered Messages. A GTP Triggered Message including a GTP Sequence Number and an invalid TEID is received, and one of a plurality of processing elements is selected for the GTP Triggered Message based on the GTP Sequence Number of the GTP Triggered Message. The selected one of the processing elements is selected based on a mapping of a group of GTP Sequence Numbers to the selected one of the processing elements. The GTP Triggered Message is propagated toward the selected processing element such that the GTP Triggered Message may be processed by the selected processing element. In this manner, processing of GTP Triggered Messages having invalid TEIDs may be performed by processing elements which typically process GTP Triggered Messages having valid TEIDs, such that GTP Triggered Messages having invalid TEIDs are not required to be processed by a central processing module before being provided to the processing elements.

Abstract: A session bundle allocation capability is disclosed. The session bundle allocation capability enables dynamic allocation of bundles of sessions being handled by a network element to modules of the network element (e.g., modules such as processing modules configured to perform one or more of traffic processing, traffic switching, and like functions). A bundle of sessions may be allocated by associating a plurality of sessions to form thereby a bundle of sessions, and assigning the bundle of sessions to a processing module group including one or more processing modules configured for processing traffic for the sessions of the bundle of sessions. A bundle of sessions may have a bundle identifier associated therewith, and a bundle of sessions may be migrated from a first processing module group to a second processing module group by changing a mapping of the bundle identifier from being associated with the first processing module group to being associated with the second processing module group.