System and method for virtual user-specific service gateways
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorHang Zhang
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Abstract
A method embodiment includes receiving, by a virtual user-specific service gateway (v-u-SGW) on a processor, a packet, processing the packet, and forwarding the packet to a user equipment (UE). The v-u-SGW is created in accordance with registration of the UE in a network. The method further includes processing the packet in accordance with a configuration of the UE and/or a configuration of the network.
Claims20
A method, for execution at a software defined topology (SDT), controller, the method comprising:
- creating a first virtual gateway at a first selected location;
- configuring the first virtual gateway in accordance with a configuration associated with a user equipment (UE);
- creating a second virtual gateway at a second selected location;
- and
- transmitting an instruction, to the first virtual gateway, to transmit state information to the second virtual gateway.
A software defined topology controller comprising:
- a network interface;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory for storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the software defined topology controller to be configured to:
- transmit instructions over the network interface to create a first virtual gateway at a first selected location;
- transmit configuration parameters over the network interface to the first virtual gateway in accordance with a configuration associated with a user equipment (UE);
- transmit instructions over the network interface to create a second virtual gateway at a second selected location;
- and
- transmit an instruction, to the first virtual gateway over the network interface, instructing the first virtual gateway to transmit state information to the second virtual gateway.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer instructions for execution at a software defined topology (SDT), controller, that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- create a first virtual gateway at a first selected location;
- configure the first virtual gateway in accordance with a configuration associated with a user equipment(UE);
- create a second virtual gateway at a second selected location;
- and
- transmit an instruction, to the first virtual gateway, to transmit state information to the second virtual gateway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.