Enhanced packet processing in a cloud platform to support time-sensitive communication for real-time virtualized applications over a time-sensitive network that is integrated with a mobile network

A method performed by one or more network devices implementing a virtual switch in a cloud platform, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the virtual switch, a packet traversing a mobile network implemented in the cloud platform and acting as a virtual bridge of a time-sensitive network, wherein the packet is part of a time-sensitive data stream;
• extracting, by the virtual switch, a tunnel identifier from a header of the packet;
• generating, by the virtual switch, a hash value based on the tunnel identifier;
• looking up, by the virtual switch, an entry in an indirection table using the hash value, wherein the entry indicates a mapping between the hash value and a particular processing core of the virtual switch;
• determining, by the virtual switch based on the entry, that the packet is to be processed by the particular processing core;
• and
• sending, by the virtual switch, the packet to a queue associated with the particular processing core.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, if executed by a processor of one or more network devices, will cause the one or more network devices to carry out a method comprising steps of:

• obtaining traffic characteristics information for one or more time-sensitive data streams that are to traverse a mobile network acting as a virtual bridge of a time-sensitive network, wherein one or more components of the mobile network are implemented in the cloud platform;
• obtaining tunnel identifiers of tunnels in the mobile network that are to carry the one or more time-sensitive data streams;
• obtaining application deployment information for an application that communicates with end devices connected to the time-sensitive network, wherein one or more components of the application are implemented in the cloud platform;
• generating configuration information for the virtual switch based on the tunnel identifiers, the traffic characteristics information for the one or more time-sensitive data streams, and the application deployment information for the application;
• and
• causing the virtual switch to be configured based on the configuration information.

A network device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions therein that when executed by the one or more processors causes the network device to carry out a method comprising steps of:
• obtaining traffic characteristics information for one or more time-sensitive data streams that are to traverse a mobile network acting as a virtual bridge of a time-sensitive network, wherein one or more components of the mobile network are implemented in the cloud platform;
• obtaining tunnel identifiers of tunnels in the mobile network that are to carry the one or more time-sensitive data streams;
• obtaining application deployment information for an application that communicates with end devices connected to the time-sensitive network, wherein one or more components of the application are implemented in the cloud platform;
• generating configuration information for the virtual switch based on the tunnel identifiers, the traffic characteristics information for the one or more time-sensitive data streams, and the application deployment information for the application;
• and
• causing the virtual switch to be configured based on the configuration information. ***