Patent ID: 9173201
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing access to a mobile communication network comprising at least one base transceiver station, wherein said at least one base transceiver station comprising a computation platform adapted to host a plurality of virtual machines, each of which is dedicated to a virtualized home operator, and said virtual machines being operatively connected to communication functions provided by said at least one base transceiver station, said communication network being visited by a user equipment having a home operator in a home network, the method comprising at said at least one base transceiver station: broadcasting over a broadcast control channel a plurality of identifications of virtual operator services provided by respective virtual operator service providers, and connection instructions pertaining to said virtual operator services; receiving a channel request from said user equipment, wherein said channel request pertains to a selected one of said virtual operator service providers corresponding to said home operator of said user equipment; verifying if a virtual machine instance corresponding to the selected virtual operator service is present on said computation platform; instantiating a virtual machine instance if the result of said verifying is negative; allocating base station resources to said virtual machine instance; creating a virtual machine associated with said home operator of said user equipment; establishing a channel using said virtual machine; and allocating channel resources of said at least one base station to accommodate said channel; and exchanging communication data with said home operator and exchanging wireless transmissions comprising said communication data with said user equipment; wherein said allocating of channel resources and said exchanging communication data takes place through said virtual machine instance, using resources from among said allocated base station resources.