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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
May. 05, 2014
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
James Kempf, Mountain View, CA (US);
Neda Beheshti-Zavareh, San Jose, CA (US);
Ying Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Tord K. Nilsson, Bohus-Björkö, SE;
Bengt E. Johansson, Västra Frölunda, SE;
Sten Rune Pettersson, Torslanda, SE;
Harald Lüning, Göteborg, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A control plane device in a cloud computing system executes a plurality of virtual machines for implementing network function virtualization (NFV). The control plane device is operable to manage implementation of 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 the cloud computing system. The control plane communicates with a data plane of the PC through a control plane protocol. The data plane is implemented in a plurality of network devices of the 3G network. The control plane device and the plurality of virtual machines are operable to communicate with other control plane devices in the cloud computing system and with the plurality of network devices of the data plane.