Method and Apparatuses for Enabling Routing of Data Packets Between a Wireless Device and a Service Provider Based in the Local Service Cloud

A method for constructing a traffic filter enabling routing of data between a wireless device and a Local Service Cloud (LSC) based service provider providing services or applications for the wireless device, the method comprising:

• obtaining information representing an identity of the wireless device requesting an application to be processed by a local cloud based service, and a representation of an application identity identifying the application;
• selecting, based on the application identity, a Virtual Machine (VM) as the LSC based service provider suitable to process the application for the wireless device;
• and
• constructing the traffic filter based on the information representing the identity of the wireless device, the representation of the application identity and a representation of an identity of the selected VM, the traffic filter providing routing of data between the wireless device and the selected VM.

A system configured to construct a traffic filter enabling routing of data between a wireless device and a Local Service Cloud (LSC) based service provider providing services or applications for the wireless device, wherein the system comprises:

• processing circuitry configured to:
• obtain information representing an identity of the wireless device requesting an application to be processed by a local cloud based service, and a representation of an application identity identifying the application;
• select, based on the application identity, a Virtual Machine (VM) as the LSC based service provider suitable to process the application for the wireless device;
• and
• construct the traffic filter based on the information representing the identity of the wireless device, the representation of the application identity and a representation of an identity of the selected VM, the traffic filter providing routing of data between the wireless device and the selected VM.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for constructing a traffic filter enabling routing of data between a wireless device and a Local Service Cloud (LSC) based service provider providing services or applications for the wireless device, the computer program comprising instructions, which when executed by at least one processor of a system configured to construct the traffic filter, cause the system to:

• read information representing an identity of the wireless device requesting an application to be processed by a local cloud based service, and a representation of an application identity identifying the application;
• select based on the application identity, a Virtual Machine (VM) as the LSC based service provider suitable to process the application for the wireless device;
• and
• construct the traffic filter based on the information representing the identity of the wireless device, the representation of the application identity and a representation of an identity of the selected VM, the traffic filter providing routing of data between the wireless device and the selected VM.