Patent ID: 9660934
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for handling network traffic of subscribers between a CPE (customer premises equipment) and a broadband access network, the method comprising: establishing a subscriber session between the CPE and a BNG (broadband network gateway) within the broadband access network thereby setting up a network route between the CPE and the BNG, wherein data transmitted within the subscriber session is encapsulated into protocol frames; acquiring, by an NCE (network control entity), a state of the subscriber session; updating, by the NCE based on the state of the subscriber session, network policies for handling of encapsulated data and non-encapsulated data by at least one network entity on the network route; performing, by a DEM (dynamic encapsulation module), an encapsulation decision based on a DEM configuration, wherein the encapsulation decision determines whether data to be sent to the broadband access network is to be transmitted as encapsulated data within the subscriber session or as non-encapsulated data outside the subscriber session; and transmitting, on at least a part of the network route, the data to be sent to the broadband access network as at least one of encapsulated data within the subscriber session or non-encapsulated data outside the subscriber session, wherein an IP address of the CPE is the same for both encapsulated data inside the subscriber session and non-encapsulated data outside the subscriber session.