US 12,323,385 B2
Mapping internet protocol (IP) addresses to IP over ethernet subscriber identifiers
Venkatesh Padebettu, Bangalore (IN); Rivu Santra, Bangalore (IN); and Rajesh Katragadda, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/366,401.
Prior Publication US 2025/0055828 A1, Feb. 13, 2025
Int. Cl. H04L 61/45 (2022.01); H04L 61/5014 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 43/16 (2022.01); H04L 101/686 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 61/45 (2022.05) [H04L 61/5014 (2022.05); H04L 43/16 (2013.01); H04L 63/02 (2013.01); H04L 2101/686 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a network device, one or more indications of one or more internet protocol (IP) addresses,
wherein the one or more IP addresses include one or more of an IP version 4 (IPv4) address, an IP version 6 (IPv6) address, a framed IP address, or a static IP address;
determining, by the network device, that the one or more IP addresses are associated with an IP over Ethernet (IPoE) subscriber;
generating, by the network device, based at least in part on determining that the one or more IP addresses are associated with the IPOE subscriber, a mapping of the one or more IP addresses to an identifier of the IPOE subscriber;
monitoring one or more network statistics on a per-IPoE subscriber basis rather than on a per-IP-address basis;
receiving, by the network device, a network packet associated with at least one IP address of the one or more IP addresses; and
performing, by the network device, based on the mapping of the one or more IP addresses to the identifier of the IPOE subscriber and based on the monitored one or more network statistics, a network service associated with the network packet on the per-IPoE subscriber basis rather than on a per-IP-address basis.