Methods and apparatus to configure virtual private mobile networks with virtual private networks

US10044678B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Jacobus Van der Merwe · New Providence, US
• Arati Baliga · Panaji, IN
• Xu Chen · Ann Arbor, US
• Baris Coskun · Glen Rock, US
• Gustavo de los Reyes · Fair Haven, US
• Seungjoon Lee · Suwon-si, KR
• Suhas Mathur · Piscataway, US
• Gang Xu · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 7, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 23, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L2101/622
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus to configure virtual private mobile networks with virtual private networks are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes logically provisioning, for a client, the virtual private mobile network to process wireless network communications associated with the client that correspond to a specified address space of the client, provisioning at least a portion of a server within a cloud computing data center to host resources for the client, and configuring at least a portion of an edge router of the cloud computing data center to transmit the wireless network communications between the portion of the server and the virtual private mobile network.