CPC H04W 36/18 (2013.01) [H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A system, comprising;
a heterogeneous network gateway (HNG) acting as a gateway for control functions for a plurality of radio access technology (RAT) networks, wherein the HNG including a processor and memory;
at least one real-time Self Optimizing Network (SON) Virtual Network Function (VRF) configured in a container and communicatively coupled to the HNG;
a configuration data store communicatively coupled to the at least one SON VNF via a first representational state transfer (REST) interface;
a operational data store communicatively coupled to the at least one SON VNF via a second representational state transfer (REST) interface;
wherein data from connected devices is forwarded to the HNG within an HNG security domain;
wherein the data is forwarded to the at least one SON VNF and processed into configuration data and operational data; and wherein the configuration data is processed by a user experience (UX) server and presented to a user.
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