Next generation terrestrial broadcasting platform aligned internet and towards emerging 5G network architectures

A terrestrial broadcast system, comprising:

• a memory storing program instructions;
• and
• one or more processors, upon executing the program instructions, configured to:
• receive a plurality of internet protocol (IP) flows, wherein each IP flow from the plurality of IP flows corresponds to a content provider from a plurality of content providers and a service level agreement (SLA) from a plurality of SLAs;
• determine a plurality of processed IP flows, wherein for each IP flow of the plurality of IP flows, the one or more processors are further configured to:
• process the IP flow using a plurality of network functions to generate a processed IP flow, wherein the plurality of network functions is selected based on the SLA corresponding to the IP flow, and wherein the SLA corresponds to the processed IP flow:
• determine a plurality of wireless spectrum allocations, wherein for each IP flow of the plurality of IP flows, a wireless spectrum allocation is determined for the IP flow based on the SLA corresponding to the IP flow and the plurality of SLAs, wherein the wireless spectrum pool comprises a plurality of licensed bands associated with the plurality of content providers;
• determine a plurality of modulated IP flows, wherein for each processed IP flow of the plurality of IP flows;
• modulate the processed IP flow using a plurality of digital signal processing virtual network functions (VNFs) to generate a modulated IP flow, wherein the modulating comprises applying a concatenation of the plurality of digital signal processing VNFs in series to the processed IP flow, wherein the plurality of digital signal processing VNFs are based on the SLA associated with the processed IP flow, and wherein the plurality of digital signal processing VNFs are concatenated based on the SLA associated with the processed IP flow;
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• generate a digital baseband signal based on the plurality of modulated IP flows and the plurality of wireless spectrum allocations.

A method for generating a signal in a data center, comprising:

• receiving a plurality of internet protocol (IP) flows, wherein each IP flow from the plurality of IP flows corresponds to a content provider from a plurality of content providers and a service level agreement (SLA) from a plurality of SLAs;
• generating a plurality of modulated IP flows, wherein said generating comprises, for each IP flow of the plurality of IP flows:
• processing the IP flow using a plurality of network functions to generate a processed IP flow, the plurality of network functions selected based on the SLA corresponding to the IP flow;
• and
• modulating the processed IP flow using a plurality of digital signal processing virtual network functions (VNFs) to generate a modulated IP flow, wherein the modulating comprises applying a concatenation of the plurality of digital signal processing VNFs in series to the processed IP flow, wherein the plurality of digital signal processing VNFs are based on the SLA, and wherein the plurality of digital signal processing VNFs are concatenated based on the SLA associated with the processed IP flow;
• determining a plurality of wireless spectrum allocations by, for each IP flow of the plurality of IP flows, determining a respective wireless spectrum allocation of a wireless spectrum pool for the IP flow based on the SLA and the plurality of SLAs, wherein the wireless spectrum pool comprises a plurality of licensed bands associated with the plurality of content providers;
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• generating a digital baseband signal based on the plurality of modulated IP flows and the plurality of wireless spectrum allocations.