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Broadband Remote Access Server

The BRAS routes traffic between broadband remote access devices like DSLAMs and an ISP's core network. It aggregates user sessions from the access network and enforces quality of service policies and routing. Key functions include aggregating circuits from DSLAMs and other link access devices, providing layer 2 and layer 3 connectivity, and routing traffic through the ISP's backbone network to the Internet.

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Broadband Remote Access Server

The BRAS routes traffic between broadband remote access devices like DSLAMs and an ISP's core network. It aggregates user sessions from the access network and enforces quality of service policies and routing. Key functions include aggregating circuits from DSLAMs and other link access devices, providing layer 2 and layer 3 connectivity, and routing traffic through the ISP's backbone network to the Internet.

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broadband remote access server (BRAS, B-RAS or BBRAS) routes traffic to and from


broadband remote access devices such as digital subscriber line access multiplexers (DSLAM)
on an Internet service provider's (ISP) network.[1][2] BRAS can also be referred to as a broadband
network gateway or border network gateway (BNG).[3]
The BRAS sits at the edge of an ISP's core network, and aggregates user sessions from
the access network. It is at the BRAS that an ISP can inject policy management and IP quality of
service (QoS).
The specific tasks include:

 Aggregates the circuits from one or more link access devices such as DSLAMs
 Provides layer 2 connectivity through either transparent bridging or PPP sessions
over Ethernet or ATM sessions
 Enforces QoS policies
 Provides layer 3 connectivity and routes IP traffic through an Internet service provider’s
backbone network to the Internet

A DSLAM collects data traffic from multiple subscribers into a centralized point so that it can be
transported to a switch or router over a Frame Relay, ATM, or Ethernet connection.
The router provides the logical network termination. Common link access methods include PPP
over Ethernet (PPPoE), PPP over ATM (PPPoA) encapsulated sessions, bridged Ethernet over
ATM or Frame Relay (RFC 1483/RFC 1490), or just plain Ethernet. In the case of ATM or Frame
Relay based access, individual subscribers are identified by Virtual Circuit IDs. Subscribers
connected over Ethernet-based remote access devices are usually identified by VLAN IDs
or MPLS tags. By acting as the network termination point, the BRAS is responsible for assigning
network parameters such as IP addresses to the clients. The BRAS is also the first IP hop from
the client to the Internet.
The BRAS is also the interface to authentication, authorization and accounting systems
(see RADIUS).

See also

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