diff --git a/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/DeltaSampleCache.py b/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/DeltaSampleCache.py
index daf04be5a1ff82a79031d8c3ffe19da10739fbcb..140efe84038ed5117d6c7924b188a7dc7dbd7958 100644
--- a/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/DeltaSampleCache.py
+++ b/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/DeltaSampleCache.py
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import copy
-from typing import Any, Dict, Tuple, Union
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 class DeltaSampleCache:
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self._previous_samples : Dict[str, Tuple[float, Union[int, float]]] = dict()
 
-    def get_delta(self, path : str, current_timestamp : float, current_value : Any) -> None:
+    def get_delta(
+        self, path : str, current_timestamp : float, current_value : Any
+    ) -> Optional[Tuple[float, Optional[Any]]]:
         previous_sample = copy.deepcopy(self._previous_samples.get(path))
         self._previous_samples[path] = current_timestamp, current_value
 
@@ -30,6 +32,10 @@ class DeltaSampleCache:
 
         delta_value = max(0, current_value - previous_value)
         delay = current_timestamp - previous_timestamp
-        delta_sample = current_timestamp, delta_value / delay
-
-        return delta_sample
+        if delay < 1.e-12:
+            # return a special value meaning, at that timestamp,
+            # computed value is not a number, e.g., division by zero
+            # also, recover previuos samples to do not miss any packet/byte
+            self._previous_samples[path] = previous_sample
+            return current_timestamp, None
+        return current_timestamp, delta_value / delay
diff --git a/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/MonitoringThread.py b/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/MonitoringThread.py
index c3668a86e17a1044c18a2cd092dfb590edb0eca8..1910c167186a4e9b3424b44c6c6ed203f55c1e18 100644
--- a/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/MonitoringThread.py
+++ b/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/MonitoringThread.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class MonitoringThread(threading.Thread):
             self._response_iterator = self._stub.Subscribe(request_iterator, metadata=metadata, timeout=timeout)
             for subscribe_response in self._response_iterator:
                 str_subscribe_response = grpc_message_to_json_string(subscribe_response)
-                self._logger.warning('[run] subscribe_response={:s}'.format(str_subscribe_response))
+                self._logger.debug('[run] subscribe_response={:s}'.format(str_subscribe_response))
                 update = subscribe_response.update
                 timestamp_device = float(update.timestamp) / 1.e9
                 timestamp_local = datetime.timestamp(datetime.utcnow())
@@ -168,8 +168,10 @@ class MonitoringThread(threading.Thread):
                         sample = (timestamp, str_path, value)
                     else:
                         sample = (delta_sample[0], str_path, delta_sample[1])
-                    self._logger.warning('[run] sample={:s}'.format(str(sample)))
-                    self._out_samples.put_nowait(sample)
+                    self._logger.debug('[run] sample={:s}'.format(str(sample)))
+                    if sample[2] is not None:
+                        # Skip not-a-number (e.g., division by zero) samples
+                        self._out_samples.put_nowait(sample)
         except grpc.RpcError as e:
             if e.code() != grpc.StatusCode.CANCELLED: raise                 # pylint: disable=no-member
             if e.details() != 'Locally cancelled by application!': raise    # pylint: disable=no-member
diff --git a/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/handlers/NetworkInstanceProtocol.py b/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/handlers/NetworkInstanceProtocol.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f456461929bf80a04b96e2cf8cdda3070d94954c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/handlers/NetworkInstanceProtocol.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# Copyright 2022-2024 ETSI OSG/SDG TeraFlowSDN (TFS) (https://tfs.etsi.org/)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import json, libyang, logging
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple
+from ._Handler import _Handler
+from .Tools import get_str
+from .YangHandler import YangHandler
+
+LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+class NetworkInstanceProtocolHandler(_Handler):
+    def get_resource_key(self) -> str: return '/network_instance/protocols'
+    def get_path(self) -> str:
+        return '/openconfig-network-instance:network-instances/network-instance/protocols/protocol'
+
+    def compose(
+        self, resource_key : str, resource_value : Dict, yang_handler : YangHandler, delete : bool = False
+    ) -> Tuple[str, str]:
+        ni_name    = get_str(resource_value, 'name'  )          # test-svc
+        identifier = get_str(resource_value, 'identifier')      # 'STATIC'
+        proto_name = get_str(resource_value, 'protocol_name')   # 'STATIC'
+
+        if ':' not in identifier:
+            identifier = 'openconfig-policy-types:{:s}'.format(identifier)
+        PATH_TMPL = '/network-instances/network-instance[name={:s}]/protocols/protocol[identifier={:s}][name={:s}]'
+        str_path = PATH_TMPL.format(ni_name, identifier, proto_name)
+
+        if delete:
+            str_data = json.dumps({})
+            return str_path, str_data
+
+        #str_data = json.dumps({
+        #    'identifier': identifier, 'name': name,
+        #    'config': {'identifier': identifier, 'name': name, 'enabled': True},
+        #    'static_routes': {'static': [{
+        #        'prefix': prefix,
+        #        'config': {'prefix': prefix},
+        #        'next_hops': {
+        #            'next-hop': [{
+        #                'index': next_hop_index,
+        #                'config': {'index': next_hop_index, 'next_hop': next_hop}
+        #            }]
+        #        }
+        #    }]}
+        #})
+
+        yang_nis : libyang.DContainer = yang_handler.get_data_path('/openconfig-network-instance:network-instances')
+        yang_ni : libyang.DContainer = yang_nis.create_path('network-instance[name="{:s}"]'.format(ni_name))
+        yang_ni_prs : libyang.DContainer = yang_ni.create_path('protocols')
+        yang_ni_pr_path = 'protocol[identifier="{:s}"][name="{:s}"]'.format(identifier, proto_name)
+        yang_ni_pr : libyang.DContainer = yang_ni_prs.create_path(yang_ni_pr_path)
+        yang_ni_pr.create_path('config/identifier', identifier)
+        yang_ni_pr.create_path('config/name',       proto_name)
+        yang_ni_pr.create_path('config/enabled',    True      )
+
+        str_data = yang_ni_pr.print_mem('json')
+        LOGGER.warning('[compose] str_data = {:s}'.format(str(str_data)))
+        json_data = json.loads(str_data)
+        json_data = json_data['openconfig-network-instance:protocol'][0]
+        str_data = json.dumps(json_data)
+        return str_path, str_data
+
+    def parse(
+        self, json_data : Dict, yang_handler : YangHandler
+    ) -> List[Tuple[str, Dict[str, Any]]]:
+        LOGGER.warning('[parse] json_data = {:s}'.format(str(json_data)))
+        response = []
+        return response
diff --git a/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/handlers/NetworkInstanceStaticRoute.py b/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/handlers/NetworkInstanceStaticRoute.py
index cc561f37d41ca6b09308a2699d4d6145630a5fee..ad1ef8b700e022a3c3b55cbad1847ad989680bb0 100644
--- a/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/handlers/NetworkInstanceStaticRoute.py
+++ b/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/handlers/NetworkInstanceStaticRoute.py
@@ -28,24 +28,29 @@ class NetworkInstanceStaticRouteHandler(_Handler):
     def compose(
         self, resource_key : str, resource_value : Dict, yang_handler : YangHandler, delete : bool = False
     ) -> Tuple[str, str]:
-        ni_name   = get_str(resource_value, 'name'  )   # test-svc
-        prefix    = get_str(resource_value, 'prefix')   # '172.0.1.0/24'
+        ni_name    = get_str(resource_value, 'name'  )          # test-svc
+        identifier = get_str(resource_value, 'identifier')      # 'STATIC'
+        proto_name = get_str(resource_value, 'protocol_name')   # 'STATIC'
+        prefix     = get_str(resource_value, 'prefix')          # '172.0.1.0/24'
+
+        if ':' not in identifier:
+            identifier = 'openconfig-policy-types:{:s}'.format(identifier)
 
-        identifier = 'openconfig-policy-types:STATIC'
-        name = 'static'
         if delete:
             PATH_TMPL  = '/network-instances/network-instance[name={:s}]/protocols'
             PATH_TMPL += '/protocol[identifier={:s}][name={:s}]/static-routes/static[prefix={:s}]'
-            str_path = PATH_TMPL.format(ni_name, identifier, name, prefix)
+            str_path = PATH_TMPL.format(ni_name, identifier, proto_name, prefix)
             str_data = json.dumps({})
             return str_path, str_data
 
-        next_hop       = get_str(resource_value, 'next_hop'      )   # '172.0.0.1'
-        metric         = get_int(resource_value, 'metric'        )   # 20
-        next_hop_index = get_str(resource_value, 'next_hop_index')   # AUTO_1_172-0-0-1
+        next_hop = get_str(resource_value, 'next_hop')  # '172.0.0.1'
+        metric   = get_int(resource_value, 'metric'  )  # 20
+        index    = get_str(resource_value, 'index'   )  # AUTO_1_172-0-0-1
+        if index is None:
+            index = 'AUTO_{:d}_{:s}'.format(metric, next_hop)
 
         PATH_TMPL = '/network-instances/network-instance[name={:s}]/protocols/protocol[identifier={:s}][name={:s}]'
-        str_path = PATH_TMPL.format(ni_name, identifier, name)
+        str_path = PATH_TMPL.format(ni_name, identifier, proto_name)
         #str_data = json.dumps({
         #    'identifier': identifier, 'name': name,
         #    'config': {'identifier': identifier, 'name': name, 'enabled': True},
@@ -64,10 +69,10 @@ class NetworkInstanceStaticRouteHandler(_Handler):
         yang_nis : libyang.DContainer = yang_handler.get_data_path('/openconfig-network-instance:network-instances')
         yang_ni : libyang.DContainer = yang_nis.create_path('network-instance[name="{:s}"]'.format(ni_name))
         yang_ni_prs : libyang.DContainer = yang_ni.create_path('protocols')
-        yang_ni_pr_path = 'protocol[identifier="{:s}"][name="{:s}"]'.format(identifier, name)
+        yang_ni_pr_path = 'protocol[identifier="{:s}"][name="{:s}"]'.format(identifier, proto_name)
         yang_ni_pr : libyang.DContainer = yang_ni_prs.create_path(yang_ni_pr_path)
         yang_ni_pr.create_path('config/identifier', identifier)
-        yang_ni_pr.create_path('config/name',       name      )
+        yang_ni_pr.create_path('config/name',       proto_name)
         yang_ni_pr.create_path('config/enabled',    True      )
 
         yang_ni_pr_srs : libyang.DContainer = yang_ni_pr.create_path('static-routes')
@@ -76,11 +81,11 @@ class NetworkInstanceStaticRouteHandler(_Handler):
         yang_ni_pr_sr.create_path('config/prefix', prefix)
 
         yang_ni_pr_sr_nhs : libyang.DContainer = yang_ni_pr_sr.create_path('next-hops')
-        yang_ni_pr_sr_nh_path = 'next-hop[index="{:s}"]'.format(next_hop_index)
+        yang_ni_pr_sr_nh_path = 'next-hop[index="{:s}"]'.format(index)
         yang_ni_pr_sr_nh : libyang.DContainer = yang_ni_pr_sr_nhs.create_path(yang_ni_pr_sr_nh_path)
-        yang_ni_pr_sr_nh.create_path('config/index', next_hop_index)
+        yang_ni_pr_sr_nh.create_path('config/index',    index)
         yang_ni_pr_sr_nh.create_path('config/next-hop', next_hop)
-        yang_ni_pr_sr_nh.create_path('config/metric', metric)
+        yang_ni_pr_sr_nh.create_path('config/metric',   metric)
 
         str_data = yang_ni_pr.print_mem('json')
         LOGGER.warning('[compose] str_data = {:s}'.format(str(str_data)))
diff --git a/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/handlers/__init__.py b/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/handlers/__init__.py
index 0b2b95f4488cecc28c20617d4efeb0572f016518..b36313bb2030ed9d07f1f3c198ea9447a0cafbaa 100644
--- a/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/handlers/__init__.py
+++ b/src/device/service/drivers/gnmi_openconfig/handlers/__init__.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from .Interface import InterfaceHandler
 from .InterfaceCounter import InterfaceCounterHandler
 from .NetworkInstance import NetworkInstanceHandler
 from .NetworkInstanceInterface import NetworkInstanceInterfaceHandler
+from .NetworkInstanceProtocol import NetworkInstanceProtocolHandler
 from .NetworkInstanceStaticRoute import NetworkInstanceStaticRouteHandler
 from .Tools import get_schema
 from .YangHandler import YangHandler
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ ifaceh = InterfaceHandler()
 ifctrh = InterfaceCounterHandler()
 nih    = NetworkInstanceHandler()
 niifh  = NetworkInstanceInterfaceHandler()
+niph   = NetworkInstanceProtocolHandler()
 nisrh  = NetworkInstanceStaticRouteHandler()
 
 ALL_RESOURCE_KEYS = [
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ RESOURCE_KEY_TO_HANDLER = {
     ifctrh.get_resource_key() : ifctrh,
     nih.get_resource_key()    : nih,
     niifh.get_resource_key()  : niifh,
+    niph.get_resource_key()   : niph,
     nisrh.get_resource_key()  : nisrh,
 }
 
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ PATH_TO_HANDLER = {
     ifctrh.get_path() : ifctrh,
     nih.get_path()    : nih,
     niifh.get_path()  : niifh,
+    niph.get_path()   : niph,
     nisrh.get_path()  : nisrh,
 }