Remote device service management

A new service type is supported on BNGs, remote-device-services. The new remote device services manager (RDSM) provisions and deprovisions services on remote devices that are managed as logical extensions to the BNG. Remote devices are subscriber-facing devices such as OLTs, DSLAMs, and other access nodes. The BNG proxies for the remote devices for service configuration. To external management and provisioning (PCRF, RADIUS) systems, the BNG together with its remote devices acts as a single addressable network element. A dynamic service profile is applied by the external authority by reference during subscriber provisioning to initiate service actions on theremote devices.