US 12,015,529 B1
Private mobile network having network edges deployed across multiple sites
Sachin Thakkar, San Jose, CA (US); Debashis Basak, Saratoga, CA (US); Serge Maskalik, Los Gatos, CA (US); and Allwyn Sequeira, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to Highway9 Networks, Inc., Saratoga, CA (US)
Filed by Highway9 Networks, Inc., Saratoga, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/718,183.
Int. Cl. H04L 41/122 (2022.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01)
CPC H04L 41/122 (2022.05) [H04W 12/06 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of deploying a private mobile network and authenticating devices into the private mobile network, the method comprising:
deploying, in response to a selection of a service made by a user through a multi-tenant cloud services portal, a first set of network functions onto a first virtual infrastructure at a first location that is selected by the user, the first set of network functions including a first user plane function (UPF) through which data networks are accessed and including a first session management function (SMF);
authenticating a first device at the first location into the private mobile network and retrieving a list of first data networks that the first device is permitted to access via the private mobile network;
establishing by the first SMF, a connection that is between the first device and one of the listed first data networks and that is through the first UPF;
deploying, in response to the selection of the service, a second set of network functions onto a second virtual infrastructure at a second location that is selected by the user, the second set of network functions including a second UPF through which data networks are accessed and including a second SMF;
authenticating a second device at the second location into the private mobile network and retrieving a list of second data networks that the second device is permitted to access via the private mobile network; and
establishing by the second SMF, a connection that is between the second device and one of the listed second data networks and that is through the second UPF.