Sd-wan orchestrator for 5g cups networks

Abstract

A system includes a software-defined wide area network having a software-defined wide area network control plane and a software-defined wide area network user plane; wherein the wide area network control plane is configured to operate in a first network and the wide area network user plane is configured to operate in a second network and further configured to communicate with the wide area network control plane, a serving gateway user plane in communication with the software-defined wide area network user plane, wherein the serving gateway user plane is configured to operate in the second network and further configured to communicate wirelessly with a device, and wherein the wide area network user plane is configured to route a communication between the device and a destination.

1 . A system comprising:
 a user plane of a software-defined wide area network (U-SDWAN) gateway deployed in a first network, wherein the U-SDWAN gateway is configured to be managed by a control plane of a software-defined wide area network orchestrator (C-SDWAN) deployed in a core network;   a user plane of a serving gateway (U-SGW) deployed in the first network; and   a user plane of a packet data network gateway (U-PGW) deployed in the first network, wherein the U-SDWAN gateway routes packets for a radio access network (RAN) associated with the core network.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the U-SGW is configured to communicate wirelessly with a device associated with the first network. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein a software-defined wide area network user plane comprising the U-SDWAN gateway, the U-SGW, and the U-PGW is configured to facilitate communications between the device and a destination. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the destination is on an Internet. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the software-defined wide area network user plane is configured to instantiate one or more virtual network functions therein, and wherein the one or more virtual network functions receive data packets from the U-SGW and route the data packets to the destination on the Internet. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , further comprising a plurality of devices, wherein the one or more virtual network functions are configured to serve a subset of the plurality of devices. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the software-defined wide area network user plane facilitates the communications based on a policy received from the C-SDWAN. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the software-defined wide area network user plane is configured to communicate with a second software-defined wide area network user plane. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the second software-defined wide area network user plane is deployed in a particular location of the first network. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 3 , further comprising a wide area network portion of the first network in communication with the software-defined wide area network user plane. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the U-SDWAN gateway is further configured to be in communication with one or more other U-SDWAN gateways deployed at one or more locations in the first network. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the first network is an enterprise network. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the first network is an edge portion of the core network. 
     
     
         14 . A method comprising:
 instantiating a software-defined wide area network user plane comprising a user plane of a software-defined wide area network (U-SDWAN), a user plane of a serving gateway (U-SGW), and a user plane of a packet data gateway (U-PGW) in a first network, wherein the software-defined wide area network user plane is managed by a control plane of the software-defined wide area network deployed in a core network; and   employing the software-defined wide area network user plane to route packets for a radio access network (RAN) associated with the core network.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising receiving policies from the control plane of the software-defined wide area network, wherein packeting routing is performed based on the policies. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the core network comprises a 5G core network, and wherein the RAN comprises a 5G RAN. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising instantiating one or more virtual network functions in the software-defined wide area network user plane. 
     
     
         18 . A communication equipment, comprising:
 an input-output interface;   one or more processors coupled to the input-output interface, wherein the one or more processors are coupled to a memory, the memory having stored thereon executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to effectuate operations comprising:   instantiating a software-defined wide area network user plane comprising a user plane of a software-defined wide area network (U-SDWAN), a user plane of a software-defined serving gateway (U-SGW), and a user plane of a software-defined packet gateway (U-PGW) in a first network, wherein the software-defined wide area network user plane is managed by a control plane of the software-defined wide area network deployed in a core network; and   utilizing the software-defined wide area network user plane to route packets originating from a radio access network (RAN) associated with the core network.   
     
     
         19 . The communication equipment of  claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving policies from the control plane of the software-defined wide area network, and wherein packet routing is performed based on the policies. 
     
     
         20 . The communication equipment of  claim 18 , wherein the software-defined wide area network user plane is operable to service a subset of a plurality of devices via multiple virtual network functions.