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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2022
Outdoor Wireless Networks Llc, Richardson, TX (US);
Sriram Dharwadkar, Bangalore, IN;
Devaraj Sambandan, Bengaluru, IN;
Shanthakumar Ramakrishnan, Westford, MA (US);
Irfaan Ahamed Salahuddeen, Acton, MA (US);
James J Ni, Medford, MA (US);
Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Richardson, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for virtualized wireless base station networking solutions are provided. In one embodiment, a controller for a telecommunications wireless base station comprises: one or more physical network interfaces; at least one processor programed to execute code on the controller: one or more virtualized entities for one or more virtual network functions of the base station, wherein a first virtual network function comprises a plurality of functional applications that each includes a respective network interface for connecting to a data network; a virtual network interface dedicated stack associated with each network interface, wherein a respective virtual network interface dedicated stack defines for each network interface a virtual media access control (VMAC) address, a virtual network interface (VF), a virtual local area network (VLAN), and a logical subnetwork internet protocol (IP) address. Each functional applications is bound to the physical network interfaces by their respective virtual network interface dedicated stack.