Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing mobile device connectivity

A method for providing mobile device connectivity, the method comprising:

• at a mobile gateway implemented on one or more processors:
• establishing, using an on-premises telecommunications network core of the mobile gateway, mobile data sessions for a plurality of mobile user devices and enabling communication between the mobile user devices through the on-premises telecommunications network core, wherein the on-premises telecommunications core comprises a 5G core comprising an access and mobility management function (AMF), a session management function (SMF), and a user plane function (UPF);
• and
• establishing, using a software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) controller, an SD-WAN overlay network for connecting the mobile user devices to an external telecommunications network;
• wherein the mobile gateway comprises a session border controller (SBC), and
• wherein the SBC is configured for controlling telecommunications control plane signaling at an edge between an on-premises access network and a remote system comprising a centralized controller;
• wherein the SD-WAN controller is configured for establishing a tunnel over a data communications network with a remote system comprising a services gateway, and wherein the mobile gateway is configured for exchanging controlling signaling with the remote system over the tunnel to establish the mobile data sessions;
• wherein the mobile gateway is configured for providing quality of service (QoS) and route optimization for the mobile user devices using the SD-WAN overlay network, and wherein providing QoS and route optimization for the mobile user devices using the SD-WAN overlay network comprises prioritizing the mobile data sessions and re-routing the mobile data sessions over the SD-WAN overlay network to maintain QoS according to prioritizing the mobile data sessions;
• and
• wherein the SD-WAN controller is configured to collaborate with the SMF to manage mobile connectivity control and policy.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions embodied in the non-transitory computer readable medium that when executed by at least one processor of at least one computer cause the at least one computer to perform steps comprising:

• at a mobile gateway implemented on one or more processors:
• establishing, using an on-premises telecommunications network core of the mobile gateway, mobile data sessions for a plurality of mobile user devices and enabling communication between the mobile user devices through the on-premises telecommunications network core, wherein the on-premises telecommunications core comprises a 5G core comprising an access and mobility management function (AMF), a session management function (SMF), and a user plane function (UPF);
• and
• establishing, using a software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) controller, an SD-WAN overlay network for connecting the mobile user devices to an external telecommunications network;
• wherein the mobile gateway comprises a session border controller (SBC), and
• wherein the SBC is configured for controlling telecommunications control plane signaling at an edge between an on-premises access network and a remote system comprising a centralized controller;
• wherein the SD-WAN controller is configured for establishing a tunnel over a data communications network with a remote system comprising a services gateway, and wherein the mobile gateway is configured for exchanging controlling signaling with the remote system over the tunnel to establish the mobile data sessions;
• wherein the mobile gateway is configured for providing quality of service (QoS) and route optimization for the mobile user devices using the SD-WAN overlay network, and wherein providing QoS and route optimization for the mobile user devices using the SD-WAN overlay network comprises prioritizing the mobile data sessions and re-routing the mobile data sessions over the SD-WAN overlay network to maintain QoS according to prioritizing the mobile data sessions;
• and
• wherein the SD-WAN controller is configured to collaborate with the SMF to manage mobile connectivity control and policy.