Systems and methods for virtualized wireless base station networking solutions

An edge cloud system for virtualized wireless base stations, the system comprising:

• a plurality of controllers, each controller comprising at least one processor and one or more physical network interfaces;
• at least one network, wherein the plurality of controllers are configured to communicate with each other over the one or more physical network interfaces via a data network;
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• a first controller configured to execute code to implement a first virtualized network function for a first virtualized wireless base station and implement a second virtualized network function for a second virtualized wireless base station;
• wherein the first virtual network function and the second virtual network function each comprise a plurality of functional applications that each includes a respective network interface for connecting to the data network;
• wherein the first controller is configured to execute code to implement a respective virtual network interface dedicated tack for each of the respective network interfaces, wherein a respective virtual network interface dedicated stack defines for each of the plurality of network interfaces a virtual media access control (VMAC) address, a virtual network interface (VF), a virtual local area network (VLAN), and a logical subnetwork internet protocol (IP) address;
• wherein each of the plurality of functional applications are bound to the one or more physical network interfaces by their respective virtual network interface dedicated stack.

A method for implementing a naming policy for virtual network function entities of a virtualized wireless base station, the method comprising:

• defining one or more virtualized entities for one or more virtual network functions of a telecommunications base station for implementation on a plurality of controllers, each controller comprising at least one processor and one or more physical network interfaces, wherein at least a first virtual network function comprises a plurality of functional applications that each includes a respective network interface for connecting to a data network;
• defining a virtual network interface dedicated stack associated with each of the respective network interfaces, wherein a respective virtual network interface dedicated stack defines for each respective network interface a virtual media access control (VMAC) address, a virtual network interface (VF), a virtual local area network (VLAN), and a logical subnetwork internet protocol (IP) address;
• based on the naming policy for virtual network function entities orchestrated on the controller, uniquely allocating to each virtual network interface a namespace that defines parameters for a VLAN ID and the logical subnetwork internet protocol (IP) address;
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• orchestrating the one or more virtual network functions of the telecommunications base station on the plurality of controllers, wherein orchestrating binds each of the plurality of functional applications to the one or more physical network interfaces through their respective virtual network interface dedicated stack.