Self-driven and adaptable multi-vbng management orchestration

A method for managing subscriber logins for network subscribers, the method comprising:

• storing, by a network subscriber database (NSDB) of a broadband network gateway (BNG) controller, vBNG instance information for one or more subscriber devices, the vBNG instance information specifying a plurality of vBNG instances operable by one or more edge routers, wherein the plurality of vBNG instances are configured to receive requests to access service provider services from the one or more subscriber devices and to selectively authenticate the one or more subscriber devices based on authentication information included in the requests to access services provider services;
• modifying, by a network instance and configuration manager (NICM) operable by one or more processors of the BNG controller, the vBNG instance information to include an additional vBNG instance to be added to the plurality of vBNG instances;
• and
• outputting, by the NICM, to an edge router of the one or more edge routers, an instruction to generate the additional vBNG instance at the edge router.

An edge router comprising:

• a memory;
• one or more processors in communication with the memory;
• a broadband network gateway (BNG) virtual machine manager operable by the one or more processors and configured to receive, from a BNG controller, an instruction to generate a virtual BNG (vBNG) instance and, in response to the instruction, generate the vBNG instance to provision one or more vBNG instances at the edge router;
• and
• one or more vBNG instances operable by the one or more processors and configured to receive a request to access service provider services from one or more subscriber devices, and selectively authenticate the one or more subscriber devices based on authentication information included in the requests to access services provider services.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a broadband network gateway (BNG) virtual machine manager operable by one or more processors of an edge router, from a BNG controller, an instruction to generate a virtual BNG (vBNG) instance;
• and
• generating, by the BNG virtual machine manager, the vBNG instance at the edge router to provision one or more vBNG instances operable by the one or more processors in response to the instruction;
• receiving, by the one or more vBNG instances operable by the one or more processors, a request to access service provider services from one or more subscriber devices;
• and
• selectively authenticating, by the one or more vBNG instances, the one or more subscriber devices based on authentication information included in the requests to access services provider services.