Facilitating a geo-distributed dynamic network system for ubiquitous access to multiple private networks

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11229076-B2
Application number	US-201916439184-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2019
Priority date	Jun 12, 2019
Publication date	Jan 18, 2022
Grant date	Jan 18, 2022

Abstract

Facilitating geo-distributed dynamic network system for ubiquitous access to multiple private networks in advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a method can comprise establishing, by a system comprising a processor, a first communication link between a first network device and group of devices connected via a private network connection. The method also can comprise establishing, by the system, a second communication link between the first network device and a second network device. The second network device can be included in a group of network devices associated with a communication network provider. Further, the second network device can facilitate communication with a communication device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. First network equipment, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
facilitating a first connection with a group of devices associated with a defined geographic area, wherein the first connection facilitates access to the group of devices by a user equipment based on the user equipment being located in the defined geographic area, wherein the user equipment and the group of devices communicate via a private network within the defined geographic area; and
facilitating a second connection to second network equipment via a private ad hoc network created via a cellular network, wherein the private ad hoc network is distinct from the private network, wherein the second connection facilitates access to the group of devices by the user equipment via the private ad hoc network based on the user equipment being determined to be located outside the defined geographic area, wherein facilitating the second connection comprises selecting first edge network equipment of the second network equipment for the second connection based on a first latency, associated with using the first edge network equipment to communicate with the group of devices, having been determined to be less than a second latency of second edge network equipment of the second network equipment.

2. The first network equipment of claim 1 , wherein facilitating the second connection comprises bypassing a public Internet network connection.

3. The first network equipment of claim 2 , wherein the first network equipment is an edge gateway device located within a first proximity of the defined geographic area, wherein the second network equipment is an edge bridge device located within a second proximity of third network equipment that facilitates communication with the user equipment, and wherein the third network equipment is included in a group of network equipment, excluding the first network equipment.

4. The first network equipment of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining a location of the user equipment; and
disabling the second connection to the second network equipment based on a determination that the location of the user equipment is within the defined geographic area.

5. The first network equipment of claim 1 , wherein a mobile routing application is executing on the user equipment, and wherein facilitating the second connection to the second network equipment comprises facilitating the second connection based on the mobile routing application executing on the user equipment.

6. The first network equipment of claim 5 , wherein the operations further comprise:
routing a first group of network traffic via the second connection, wherein the first group of network traffic is first network traffic associated with the group of devices; and
routing a second group of network traffic via a Wi-Fi network, wherein the second group of network traffic is second network traffic associated with other devices other than the group of devices.

7. The first network equipment of claim 1 , wherein the private network is a first private network, and wherein facilitating the second connection to the second network equipment comprises facilitating the second connection between a second private communication network associated with the defined geographic area and the cellular network.

8. The first network equipment of claim 1 , wherein at least one device of the group of devices is classified as an Internet-of-Things device.

9. The first network equipment of claim 1 , wherein the second connection comprises a connection configured to operate according to a fifth generation wireless network communication protocol.

10. A method, comprising:
establishing, by a system comprising a processor, a local area network communication link between local area network equipment and a group of devices connected via a private network connection, wherein the group of devices are with a defined area, and wherein the local area network equipment facilitates communication between a user equipment and the group of devices via the local area network communication link based on the user equipment being determined to be in the defined area; and
establishing, by the system, a cellular network communication link between the local area network equipment and cellular network equipment, wherein the cellular network equipment is included in a group of network equipment associated with a communication network provider, wherein the cellular network equipment facilitates communication between the user equipment and the group of devices via the cellular network communication link based on the user equipment being outside the defined area, wherein the cellular network communication link is a private ad hoc network established via a cellular communications network, wherein establishing the cellular network communication link comprises selecting first edge network equipment of the cellular network equipment for the cellular network communication link based on a first latency, associated with using the first edge network equipment to communicate with the group of devices, having been determined to be less than a second latency of second edge network equipment of the cellular network equipment.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
prior to establishing the local area network communication link, determining, by the system, that a device accessibility application is executing on the user equipment.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
prior to establishing the second communication link, determining, by the system, the user equipment is located outside a communication range of the private network connection.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
disabling, by the system, the second communication link based on a determination that the user equipment has moved within a communication range of the private network connection.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
switching, by the system, a networking mode between a remote site and a local site, wherein the second network equipment is associated with the remote site, and wherein the group of devices are associated with the local site.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the local area network equipment and the group of devices are located within a defined geographic area, and wherein establishing the second communication link comprises establishing the second communication link via the cellular communications network.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein establishing the second communication link comprises bypassing a public Internet network connection.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein establishing the second communication link comprises establishing the second communication link via a communication link configured to operate according to a fifth generation wireless network communication protocol.

18. A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
establishing, for a user equipment, a local area network connection between first network equipment and a group of communication devices, wherein the first network equipment is located within a defined range of the group of communication devices and communicates via a private communication network, wherein the first network equipment facilitates first communication between the user equipment and the group of communication devices via the

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Hwang Michael
• Gupta Varun
• Shi Shu
• Rath Christopher
• Jana Rittwik

Classifications

• H04W76/30

  Connection release · CPC title

• H04W12/02

  Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII] · CPC title

• H04W76/15 Primary

  Setup of multiple wireless link connections · CPC title

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04W84/042

  Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems · CPC title