Dynamic re-routing and modification of layer traffic in virtualized RANs

A method of re-routing a message from a first RAN server to a second RAN server of a radio access network (RAN), comprising:

• placing, by a PHY processor in the first RAN server, the message in a first memory of the first RAN server;
• converting, by a first message controller in the first RAN server, the message in the first memory into one or more network packets, wherein converting the message into the one or more network packets comprises dropping state information of the PHY processor for at least one slot;
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• re-routing, by the first message controller, the one or more network packets to a second message controller in the second RAN server at a slot boundary via a network.

A method of re-routing a message from a first RAN server to a second RAN server of a radio access network (RAN), comprising:

• intercepting, by a first message controller in the first RAN server, the first message from a first layer one (PHY) in the first RAN server to a first layer two (L2) in the first RAN server over a communication channel;
• converting, by the first message controller, the first message into one or more first network packets, wherein converting the first message into the one or more first network packets comprises dropping state information of the first layer one PHY associated with at least one slot;
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• re-routing, by the first message controller, the first message to a second layer two (L2) of a second RAN server by transmitting the one or more first network packets at a slot boundary via a network.