User mobility in a system with time-varying user-satellite and satellite-ground ethernet links

A method, comprising:

• transmitting, by a user device, a first signal comprising internet protocol (IP) data packets encapsulated in an Ethernet frame to a satellite;
• transmitting, by the satellite, a second signal comprising the IP data packets encapsulated in the Ethernet frame to a ground terminal;
• putting, by a first provider edge (PE) router, the Ethernet frame of the IP data packets into a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) payload to generate a third signal comprising MPLS data packets;
• transmitting, by the first PE router, the third signal to a second PE router via a MPLS layer two (L2) virtual private network (VPN);
• de-encapsulating, by the second PE router, the Ethernet frame from the third signal to generate a fourth signal comprising the IP data packets encapsulated in the Ethernet frame;
• and
• transmitting, by the second PE router, the fourth signal to a default gateway associated with the user device.

A system, comprising:

• A processor;
• and
• A memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
• receiving, by a ground modem of a ground terminal, a first signal comprising internet protocol (IP) data packets encapsulated in an Ethernet frame, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the first signal from a user device via a satellite;
• and
• transmitting, by the ground modem, a second signal comprising the IP data packets encapsulated in the Ethernet frame to a default gateway device via a virtual Ethernet switch, wherein the default gateway device comprises a gateway device of a customer ground location associated with the user device,
• wherein the virtual Ethernet switch utilizes one of a layer two (L2) overlay or a wide area network (WAN) L2 virtual private network (VPN) implementation.