Patent ID: 8077732
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: extracting routing data from configuration data received from an initial access server, which is a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server; sending to customer premises equipment the routing data that indicates receiving from the customer premises equipment a data packet with a layer 2 destination address, wherein the layer 3 ancillary gateway is part of the plurality of ancillary gateways that operate to direct traffic associated with their specific ancillary service, wherein the data packet is being routed to a selected ancillary service and the layer 2 destination address corresponds to one of the plurality of ancillary gateways that directs traffic to the selected ancillary service, and wherein the layer 2 destination address is a MAC address that is checked against the routing data extracted from the configuration data to verify if the subscriber is authorized to access the selected ancillary service, and wherein if the subscriber is not authorized to access the selected ancillary service then the data packet is processed without forwarding the data packet to the layer 2 destination address, and wherein the plurality of ancillary gateways are connected to an access network, the access network providing a communication link between the customer premises equipment and the access gateway.