Wholesale retail Routed CO

VPRN Routed CO allows a provider to resell wholesaler services (from a carrier) while providing direct DSLAM connectivity. An operator can create a VPRN service for the retailer and configure the access from subscribers as well as to the retailer network. Any further action acts as if the VPRN is a standalone router running the Routed CO model. All forwarding to these servers must be done within the VPRN service. The operator can leak routes from the base routing instance. In this model, the operator can use RADIUS for subscriber host authentication, DHCP relay and DHCP proxy. This provides maximum flexibility to the retailer while minimizing the involvement of the wholesaler. Access cannot be shared among retailers unless a subscriber SAP is used. This requires that the wholesaler maintain a different access node (DSLAM) for each retailer that does not scale well. The wholesale retail model described in this section overcomes these limitations.