Distributed software-defined network

A distributed software-defined network (DSDN) system for providing a software defined network distribution in a wireless communication network, the system comprising:

• a DSDN source node configured to:
• receive a dataset, having a non-standard internet protocol (IP) format, from one or more external devices, wherein the one or more external devices are communicatively coupled with the DSDN source node via a network outside of the DSDN system, and wherein the non-standard IP format comprises a protocol header, a data payload, and a protocol footer;
• extract header information from the protocol header of the non-standard IP format, wherein the protocol header comprises address information of a source address and a destination address;
• populate DSDN header information from the extracted header information from the protocol header of the non-standard IP format, wherein the DSDN header information comprises DSDN source node information and DSDN destination node information identified from the extracted header information of the non-standard IP format;
• insert the DSDN header information in a DSDN IP header field of a standard IP format;
• insert data included in the protocol header, the data payload, and the protocol footer into a DSDN packet field of the standard IP format;
• identify a DSDN destination node based on the identified DSDN destination node information;
• and
• send the standard IP format including the DSDN IP header field and the DSDN packet filed to the identified DSDN destination node.