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Implementing a 3G packet core in a cloud computer with openflow data and control planes

US8762501B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

James Kempf · Mountain View, US
Neda Beheshti-Zavareh · San Jose, US
Ying Zhang · San Jose, US
Tord K. Nilsson · Malmö, SE
Bengt Johansson · Mölndal, SE
Sten Pettersson · Torslanda, SE
Harald Lüning · Handen, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 29, 2011
Grant date	Jun 24, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 29, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L12/4666
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for implementing a general packet radio service (GPRS) tunnel protocol (GTP) in a packet core (PC) of a third generation (3G) network having a split architecture where a control plane of the PC of the 3G network is in a cloud computing system, the cloud computing system including a controller, the controller to execute a plurality of control plane modules, the control plane to communicate with the data plane of the PC through a control plane protocol, the data plane implemented in a plurality of network elements of the 3G network by configuring switches implementing a data plane of the SGSN and GGSN and intermediate switches to establish a first and second GTP tunnel endpoint.

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