advertising, by a packet plane control service entity, types of micro-services the packet plane control service entity can implement to a Signaling-Session Border Controller (S-SBC);

receiving, by the packet plane control service entity, a request from the S-SBC to implement a first micro-service on a media packet stream, said first micro-service being one of the advertised types of micro-services the packet plane control service entity can implement, said request including information about the media packet stream, said information about the media packet stream including media packet stream identification information;

generating instructions, by the packet plane control service entity, for one or more entities under the control of the packet plane control service entity to implement the requested first micro-service on the media packet stream, said one or more entities under the control of the packet plane control service entity including one or more programmable network interface cards; and

communicating, by the packet plane control service entity, the generated instructions to the one or more entities under the control of the packet plane control service entity to implement the requested first micro-service on the media packet stream.