Network virtualization of user equipment in a wireless communication network

A system for network virtualization of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network, comprising:

• one or more computers with executable instructions that when executed cause the system to:
• receive a trigger from a user equipment (UE) indicating potential UE mobility away from a remote virtual machine (VM) instance on a host server in the wireless communication network;
• determine one or more identifiers (ID) of potential host servers for receiving the UE;
• and
• provide VM replication to the one or more potential host servers to enable continuation of the remote VM instance.

A computer program product for, by a processor, network virtualization of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

• an executable portion that receives a trigger from a user equipment (UE) indicating potential UE mobility away from a remote virtual machine (VM) instance on a host server in the wireless communication network;
• an executable portion that determines one or more identifiers (ID) of potential host servers for receiving the UE;
• and
• an executable portion that provides VM replication to the one or more potential host servers to enable continuation of the remote VM instance.