Network management and control with containerized router applications and multiple communication network modalities at the edge

Abstract

Systems and techniques are provided for multi-WAN routing and management at the edge. A multi-WAN network device can configure first and second backhaul connections between a local edge network and a remote WAN, the first and second backhaul connections implemented using first and second communication modalities different from one another and included in a plurality of communication modalities of the multi-WAN network device. A first containerized application on the multi-WAN network device can obtain telemetry or monitoring information generated by a satellite internet constellation terminal in the local edge network, and can transmit the information to a cloud management entity using one or more of the first or second backhaul connections of the multi-WAN network device. The multi-WAN network device can implement a network configuration adjustment for one or more of the first or second backhaul connection based at least in part on the telemetry information or monitoring information.