US 12,317,095 B2
Virtual private cellular network as a service
Joseph Soryal, Glendale, NY (US)
Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on May 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,988.
Prior Publication US 2023/0379724 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 16/18 (2009.01); H04W 16/26 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 16/18 (2013.01) [H04W 16/26 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
associating, by a processing system including a processor, a plurality of wireless communication devices with a private cellular network group;
identifying, by the processing system, a first service area to receive a private cellular network service;
directing, by the processing system, a radio access network (RAN) of a plurality of RANS in communication with a mobile core network of a publicly accessible mobile cellular network to obtain a first directed RAN that provides a first wireless coverage area overlapping at least a portion of the first service area; and
configuring, by the processing system, a first virtual machine as a first private cellular network controller, wherein the first private cellular network controller is adapted to provide the private cellular network service, via the first directed RAN, to a first wireless communication device of the private cellular network group operating within the first service area, wherein the private cellular network service does not utilize the mobile core network.