Network virtualization of user equipment in a wireless communication network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019200271-A1
Application number	US-201715851938-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 22, 2017
Priority date	Dec 22, 2017
Publication date	Jun 27, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments for network virtualization of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network. A trigger may be received from a user equipment (UE) indicating potential UE mobility away from a remote virtual machine (VM) instance on a host server collocated on an eNodeB in the wireless communication network. One or more identifiers (ID) of one or more potential host servers collocated on one or more alternative eNodeBs may be determined for receiving the UE. VM replication may be provided to the one or more potential host servers to enable continuation of the remote VM instance.

First claim

1 . A method for network virtualization of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network, comprising:
receiving a trigger from a user equipment (UE) indicating potential UE mobility away from a remote virtual machine (VM) instance on a host server in the wireless communication network; determining one or more identifiers (ID) of potential host servers for receiving the UE; and providing VM replication to the one or more potential host servers to enable continuation of the remote VM instance.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further including predicting the UE mobility based on historical mobility patterns from the host server to the one or more potential host servers.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further including predicting the UE mobility based on handover information from an eNodeB to an alternative eNodeB.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further including ordering the one or more potential host servers according to a ranking for receiving the UE.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further including performing the VM replication on the one or more potential host servers in conjunction with a handover operation of the UE from an eNodeB to an alternative eNodeB.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further including collecting historical mobility patterns of the UE from one or more cloud storage systems.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each host server in the wireless communication network is an edge server collocated at an eNodeB.

8 . A system for network virtualization of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network, comprising:
one or more computers with executable instructions that when executed cause the system to:
receive a trigger from a user equipment (UE) indicating potential UE mobility away from a remote virtual machine (VM) instance on a host server in the wireless communication network;
determine one or more identifiers (ID) of potential host servers for receiving the UE; and
provide VM replication to the one or more potential host servers to enable continuation of the remote VM instance.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the executable instructions further predict the UE mobility based on historical mobility patterns from the host server to the one or more potential host servers.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the executable instructions further predict the UE mobility based on handover information from an eNodeB to an alternative eNodeB.

11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the executable instructions further order the one or more potential host servers according to a ranking for receiving the UE.

12 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the executable instructions further perform the VM replication on the one or more potential host servers in conjunction with a handover operation of the UE from an eNodeB to an alternative eNodeB.

13 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the executable instructions further collect historical mobility patterns of the UE from one or more cloud storage systems.

14 . The system of claim 8 , wherein each host server in the wireless communication network is an edge server collocated at an eNodeB.

15 . A computer program product for, by a processor, network virtualization of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
an executable portion that receives a trigger from a user equipment (UE) indicating potential UE mobility away from a remote virtual machine (VM) instance on a host server in the wireless communication network; an executable portion that determines one or more identifiers (ID) of potential host servers for receiving the UE; and an executable portion that provides VM replication to the one or more potential host servers to enable continuation of the remote VM instance.

16 . The computer program product of claim 15 , further including an executable portion that predicts the UE mobility based on historical mobility patterns from the host server to the one or more potential host servers, wherein each host server in the wireless communication network is an edge server collocated at an eNodeB.

17 . The computer program product of claim 15 , further including an executable portion that predicts the UE mobility based on handover information from an eNodeB to an alternative eNodeB.

18 . The computer program product of claim 15 , further including an executable portion that orders the one or more potential host servers according to a ranking for receiving the UE.

19 . The computer program product of claim 15 , further including an executable portion that performs the VM replication on the one or more potential host servers in conjunction with a handover operation of the UE from an eNodeB to an alternative eNodeB.

20 . The computer program product of claim 15 , further including an executable portion that collects historical mobility patterns of the UE from one or more cloud storage systems.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Agrawal Dakshi
• Anthony Jr Bruce O
• Verma Dinesh C
• Srivatsa Mudhakar
• Bisdikian Chatschik

Classifications

• H04L67/1095

  Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes · CPC title

• H04W36/08

  Reselecting an access point · CPC title

• H04W36/245

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W36/32 Primary

  by location or mobility data, e.g. speed data · CPC title

• H04W36/324

  by mobility data, e.g. speed data · CPC title