VPN Cluster Templates for Hybrid Cloud Cellular Networks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Building and maintaining a private network can be a hardware-intensive task, requiring significant processing and storage capabilities that scale with the organization's size, and existing systems lack efficient methods for managing virtual private networks in hybrid cloud cellular networks.
Innovation Solution
A cellular network provider hosts virtual private networks using predefined cluster templates on a cloud computing platform, leveraging a hybrid cellular network with a public cloud to instantiate client services, allowing clients to access their virtual networks through a cellular network, thereby reducing hardware requirements and enhancing availability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a private network is built and maintained using traditional hardware-intensive methods, then the network can provide dedicated services, but the hardware requirements and maintenance complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of network infrastructure through virtual private networks (VPNs) hosted on cloud computing platforms. Instead of requiring physical hardware copies for each client, the system instantiates virtual network functions that replicate private network capabilities software-defined, reducing hardware complexity while maintaining service reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a cellular network platform as an intermediary between clients and cloud computing resources. This mediator manages the instantiation and access to virtual private networks, abstracting away hardware complexity from clients while ensuring reliable service delivery through centralized control
2Productivity
If processing and storage capabilities are scaled to match organization size, then the network can handle larger workloads, but the hardware-intensive requirements and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates universal virtual network templates that can be instantiated multiple times to serve different organizations. A single cloud-based infrastructure provides processing and storage capabilities that are dynamically allocated to multiple clients, eliminating the need for each organization to maintain separate hardware resources while maintaining productivity
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates virtual copies of network functions and services through software-defined networking. Processing and storage capabilities are replicated virtually across multiple instantiations rather than requiring physical hardware duplication, enabling scalable productivity without proportional hardware increases
3Device complexity
If virtual private networks are hosted on cloud computing platforms, then hardware requirements are reduced, but network availability and access reliability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the virtual network infrastructure into modular network functions that can be independently managed and instantiated. This segmentation allows for distributed deployment across cloud resources while maintaining centralized coordination, improving both hardware efficiency and service reliability through fault isolation and redundant instantiation
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms through the cellular network platform that monitor and manage virtual network instantiations. This feedback loop ensures service level agreements are maintained, detects issues, and triggers appropriate responses to maintain availability while optimizing hardware utilization
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AI summary
Arrangements for using a virtual private network via a cellular network are detailed herein. A cellular network can receive, from a client, various characteristics. The cellular network can be used to identify a cluster template based on the characteristics. The cellular network can then instantiate a cluster based on the cluster template on a public cloud computing platform. Access, via a radio access network (RAN) of the cellular network can then be provided to one or more client services executed within the cluster on the public cloud computing platform.