System and method for URSP-based tunneling through fixed wireless access

A method comprising:

• obtaining network traffic comprising first network traffic and second network traffic, and wherein the second network traffic originates from one or more remote user equipment devices (UEs);
• applying a User Equipment Route Selection Policy (URSP) to the network traffic;
• and
• in response to applying the URSP, forwarding protocol data units (PDUs) of the network traffic to either a first tunnel to a first network slice or a second tunnel to a second network slice,
• wherein applying the URSP to the network traffic comprises:
• obtaining one of a Media Access Control (MAC) address, which is assigned to a physical port via which the second network traffic arrives, or a token, which is transmitted by an application running on the remote UEs;
• using the MAC address or the token to look up, in a table, a traffic descriptor;
• and
• applying the URSP to the traffic descriptor to identify the first network slice or the second network slice;
• and
• wherein the first tunnel and the second tunnel are established from a device to the first network slice and the second network slice over communication paths that include at least a wireless communication link from the device to a radio access network (RAN).

A system comprising:

• a router device having a port;
• and
• a modem device configured to:
• obtain network traffic comprising first network traffic and second network traffic, wherein the second network traffic originates from one or more remote user equipment devices (UEs);
• apply a User Equipment Route Selection Policy (URSP) to the network traffic;
• and
• in response to applying the URSP, forward protocol data units (PDUs) of the network traffic to either a first tunnel to a first network slice or a second tunnel to a second network slice,
• wherein when applying the URSP to the network traffic, the modem device is configured to:
• obtain one of a Media Access Control (MAC) address, which is assigned to a physical port via which the second network traffic arrives, or a token, which is transmitted by an application running on the remote UEs;
• use the MAC address or the token to look up, in a table, a traffic descriptor;
• and
• apply the URSP to the traffic descriptor to identify the first network slice or the second network slice;
• and
• wherein the first tunnel and the second tunnel are established from the modem device to the first network slice and the second network slice over communication paths that include at least a wireless communication link from the modem device to a radio access network (RAN).