Mobile edge computing

A method, comprising:

• receiving, at a traffic director in a kernel space included in a wireless network device, a data packet from a client device,
• wherein the wireless network device is at least one of a base station or a wireless hotspot;
• determining, by the wireless network device, whether the data packet is intended for an application cloud server operating in a cloud environment,
• wherein the application cloud server is located remote from the wireless network device;
• providing, by the wireless network device and based on determining that the data packet is intended for the application cloud server, the data packet to an application server instance executing on the wireless network device,
• wherein the application server instance is one of a plurality of application server instances of the wireless network device,
• wherein the wireless network device includes a plurality of application server instances,
• wherein a plurality of application cloud servers include the application cloud server,
• wherein each of the plurality of application server instances is associated with one of the plurality of application cloud servers,
• wherein the application server instance is implemented in a virtualized software container in a user space included in an operating system of the wireless network device,
• wherein the virtualized software container is assigned a namespace, and
• wherein the application server instance is a copy of the application cloud server, and is configured to host an application and perform one or more operations associated with the application cloud server;
• receiving, at the traffic director and from the application server instance, a result of the application server instance performing the one or more operations on the data packet,
• wherein the result is received via a virtual interface between the kernel space and the user space that permits communications between the kernel space and the user space;
• and
• transmitting, by the wireless network device, the result to the application cloud server.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors in a wireless network device, cause the one or more processors to:
• receive, at a traffic director in a kernel space included in the wireless network device, a data packet from a client device,
• wherein the wireless network device is at least one of a base station or a wireless hotspot;
• determine whether the data packet is intended for an application cloud server operating in a cloud environment,
• wherein the application cloud server is located remote from the wireless network device;
• provide, based on determining that the data packet is intended for the application cloud server, the data packet to an application server instance executing on the wireless network device,
• wherein the application server instance is one of a plurality of application server instances of the wireless network device,
• wherein the wireless network device includes a plurality of application server instances,
• wherein a plurality of application cloud servers include the application cloud server,
• wherein each of the plurality of application server instances is associated with one of the plurality of application cloud servers,
• wherein the application server instance is implemented in a virtualized software container in a user space included in an operating system of the wireless network device,
• wherein the virtualized software container is assigned a namespace, and
• wherein the application server instance is a copy of the application cloud server and is configured to host an application and perform one or more operations associated with the application cloud server;
• receive, at the traffic director and from the application server instance, a result of the application server instance performing the one or more operations on the data packet,
• wherein the result is received via a virtual interface between the kernel space and the user space that permits communications between the kernel space and the user space;
• and
• transmit the result to the application cloud server.