Method and system for facilitating participation of an intermediary network device in a security gateway communication between at least one base station and a core network portion in a cellular communication network

A system for facilitating participation of an intermediary network device in a security gateway communication between at least one base station and a core network portion in a cellular communication network, comprising

• a secure channel established, by a security gateway, between the intermediary network device and the security gateway, wherein a security gateway communication is established between the at least one base station and the core network portion via the security gateway, and wherein the intermediary network device is arranged in close proximity to the at least one base station and is configured to inject traffic in the cellular communication network,
• a virtual machine instantiation command generated by software running in the security gateway, and transmitted, by the security gateway, to the intermediary network device over the secure channel,
• a virtual machine instantiated on the intermediary network device, by the intermediary device, responsive to the virtual machine instantiation command,
• an Internet Key Exchange communication established, by the security gateway, between the virtual machine and the security gateway when a secure communication session is established between the at least one base station and the core network portion via the security gateway for the first time,
• wherein the Internet Key Exchange communication includes session keys transmitted from the security gateway to the virtual machine during the Internet Key Exchange communication, and
• an IPsec tunnel established between the virtual machine and the security gateway using the transmitted session keys for facilitating participation of the intermediary network device in the secure communication session.