System and method for a customized fifth generation (5G) network

An apparatus adapted to host a virtual gateway, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to:
• instantiate a virtual user specific serving gateway (v-u-SGW) on a network device in a wireless network domain, wherein the network device is assigned a host identifier (ID), wherein the v-u-SGW is assigned to a user equipment (UE) directly connected to the wireless network domain, and wherein the v-u-SGW is configured to translate content having an information-centric networking (ICN) format into a user-specific format, and relay the translated content to the UE directly connected to the wireless network domain;
• assign a first local virtual gateway ID to the v-u-SGW, wherein different virtual gateways on the network device are assigned different local virtual gateway IDs;
• and
• configure routing parameters in a network so that packets specifying both the host ID and the first virtual gateway ID are forwarded to the v-u-SGW.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming, the programming including instructions to:

• instantiate a virtual user specific serving gateway (v-u-SGW) on a network device in a wireless network domain, wherein the network device is assigned a host identifier (ID), wherein the v-u-SGW is assigned to a user equipment (UE) directly connected to the wireless network domain, and wherein the v-u-SGW is configured to translate content having an information-centric networking (ICN) format into a user-specific format, and relay the translated content to the UE directly connected to the wireless network domain;
• assign a first local virtual gateway ID to the v-u-SGW, wherein different virtual gateways on the network device are assigned different local virtual gateway IDs;
• and
• configure routing parameters in a network so that packets specifying both the host ID and the first virtual gateway ID are forwarded to the v-u-SGW.