Virtual Private Mobile Network Configuration for MVNO Isolation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile wireless networks face challenges in providing secure, flexible, and efficient services to mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) due to sharing of network resources, which can lead to security issues and inflexibility, making it difficult to differentiate service features and manage network resources effectively.
Innovation Solution
The configuration of virtual private mobile networks (VPMNs) by partitioning network elements to create isolated, secure, and customizable networks for MVNOs, allowing dynamic allocation of resources based on traffic and usage, enabling enhanced security and flexibility in service deployment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If network resources are shared among multiple clients, then resource utilization efficiency is improved, but security and service isolation are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the network into multiple virtual private mobile networks (VPMNs), each providing isolated logical networks for different clients. This segmentation allows resources to be shared at the physical level while maintaining security and service isolation at the virtual level, resolving the contradiction between resource utilization efficiency and security.
2Reliability
If dedicated physical resources are allocated to each client, then security and service isolation are improved, but resource utilization efficiency and flexibility are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple virtual networks onto shared physical infrastructure, allowing dedicated logical isolation while maintaining physical resource sharing. This combining approach enables both security isolation and efficient resource utilization, resolving the contradiction between dedicated resource allocation and resource efficiency.
3Adaptability or versatility
If network resources are dynamically allocated, then flexibility and adaptability are improved, but network complexity and management difficulty are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a network manager as an intermediary component that handles dynamic resource allocation and VPMN configuration. This intermediary automates complex management tasks, providing flexibility and adaptability while reducing the burden of network complexity on operators.
4Adaptability or versatility
If virtualization is implemented to provide flexible resources, then adaptability and cost-effectiveness are improved, but security risks and service differentiation challenges are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the virtualized network into isolated VPMNs, each with its own logical network resources and security boundaries. This segmentation maintains the cost-effectiveness and flexibility of virtualization while preventing security risks from propagating across the entire network, thus resolving the contradiction between virtualization benefits and security risks.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and apparatus to configure virtual private mobile networks are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a request at a wireless network provider from a client, the request instructing the wireless network provider to create the virtual private mobile network for the client, identifying available network elements within a wireless network of the wireless network provider based on the request from the client, configuring a portion of a control plane and a portion of a data plane of the identified network elements for the virtual private mobile network, and enabling user equipment associated with the client to wirelessly communicatively couple to the virtual private mobile network.