Systems and methods for a pass-through edge data center (P-EDC) in a wireless telecommunication network
Example embodiments are directed towards systems and for a pass-through edge data center (P-EDC) in a 5G wireless telecommunication network having a disaggregated, flexible and virtualized radio access network (RAN) implemented on a cloud computing service provider cloud. The P-EDC may provide a direct circuit fiber connection from the distributed unit (DU) directly to the primary physical data center (e.g., a breakout edge data center (B-EDC)) hosting the centralized unit (CU). In some embodiments, the local data center (LDC), P-EDC, and/or the B-EDC may be co-located or in a single location. The CU 102 may be connected to a regional cloud data center (RDC), which in turn may be connected to a national cloud data center (NDC). The hardware of the P-EDC, the LDC, the cell site 116 and the RU 106 may all be managed, owned and/or controlled by one or more mobile network operators, whereas the hardware of the B-EDC, the RDC and the NDC may all be managed, hosted and/or owned by a cloud computing service provider.
1 . A method for transmitting telecommunication data comprising:
receiving and aggregating, from a plurality of cellular telecommunication radio base stations and associated distributed units (DUs) of a fifth-generation New Radio (5G NR) cellular telecommunication network of a telecommunication service provider, telecommunication data at a pass-through edge data center (P-EDC) of the telecommunication service provider, wherein the P-EDC is physically located at a colocation data center (colo) in which servers and other network equipment of different companies are physically co-located in a same physical facility; and
transmitting the telecommunication data from the P-EDC to a breakout edge data center (B-EDC) of a cloud computing service provider via a fiber optic cable directly connecting a physical router of the P-EDC to a physical router of the B-EDC, wherein the B-EDC hosts for the telecommunication service provider a 5G NR centralized unit (CU) corresponding to one or more of the DUs.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the B-EDC of the cloud computing service provider is also physically located at the colo with the physical router of the P-EDC of the telecommunication service provider.
3 . The method of claim 2 wherein the B-EDC is implemented on at least one virtual private cloud (VPC) including a first VPC on a particular local zone of a plurality of local zones of the cloud computing service provider, the particular local zone having been selected based on a geographical proximity of the particular local zone to one or more of the radio base stations.
4 . The method of claim 3 wherein the first VPC is at least partially hosted by the physical router of the B-EDC.
5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
routing, at the local zone, using the first VPC, at least some of the telecommunication data via Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunneling to an Internet VPC that provides Internet connectivity and is hosted by the B-EDC at the local zone.
6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
routing, at the local zone, using the first VPC, at least some of the telecommunication data via GRE tunneling to a regional data center (RDC) of the cloud computing service provider, the RDC being separated geographically from the B-EDC.
7 . The method of claim 1 wherein the telecommunication data includes telecommunication traffic data.
8 . A system for transmitting telecommunication data, the system comprising:
at least one memory that stores computer executable instructions; and
at least one processor that executes the computer executable instructions to cause actions to be performed, the actions including:
receiving and aggregating, from a plurality of cellular telecommunication radio base stations and associated distributed units (DUs) of a fifth-generation New Radio (5G NR) cellular telecommunication network of a telecommunication service provider, telecommunication data at a pass-through edge data center (P-EDC) of the telecommunication service provider, wherein the P-EDC is physically located at a colocation data center (colo) in which servers and other network equipment of different companies are physically co-located in a same physical facility; and
transmitting the telecommunication data from the P-EDC to a breakout edge data center (B-EDC) of a cloud computing service provider via a fiber optic cable directly connecting a physical router of the P-EDC to a physical router of the B-EDC, wherein the B-EDC hosts for the telecommunication service provider a 5G NR centralized unit (CU) corresponding to one or more of the DUs.
9 . The system of claim 8 wherein the B-EDC of the cloud computing service provider is also physically located at the colo with the physical router of the P-EDC of the telecommunication service provider.
10 . The system of claim 9 wherein the B-EDC is implemented on at least one virtual private cloud (VPC) including a first VPC on a particular local zone of a plurality of local zones of the cloud computing service provider, the particular local zone having been selected based on a geographical proximity of the particular local zone to one or more of the radio base stations.
11 . The system of claim 10 wherein the first VPC is at least partially hosted by the physical router of the B-EDC.
12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor executes the computer instructions to cause further actions to be performed including:
routing, at the local zone, using the first VPC, at least some of the telecommunication data via Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunneling to an Internet VPC that provides Internet connectivity and is hosted by the B-EDC at the local zone.
13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the at least one processor executes the computer instructions to cause further actions to be performed including:
routing, at the local zone, using the first VPC, at least some of the telecommunication data via GRE tunneling to a regional data center (RDC) of the cloud computing service provider, the RDC being separated geographically from the B-EDC.
14 . The system of claim 8 wherein the telecommunication data includes telecommunication traffic data.
15 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to cause actions to be performed, the actions including:
receiving and aggregating, from a plurality of cellular telecommunication radio base stations and associated distributed units (DUs) of a fifth-generation New Radio (5G NR) cellular telecommunication network of a telecommunication service provider, telecommunication data at a pass-through edge data center (P-EDC) of the telecommunication service provider, wherein the P-EDC is physically located at a colocation data center (colo) in which servers and other network equipment of different companies are physically co-located in a same physical facility; and
transmitting the telecommunication data from the P-EDC to a breakout edge data center (B-EDC) of a cloud computing service provider via a fiber optic cable directly connecting a physical router of the P-EDC to a physical router of the B-EDC, wherein the B-EDC hosts for the telecommunication service provider a 5G NR centralized unit (CU) corresponding to one or more of the DUs.
16 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein the B-EDC of the cloud computing service provider is also physically located at the colo with the physical router of the P-EDC of the telecommunication service provider.
17 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 wherein the B-EDC is implemented on at least one virtual private cloud (VPC) including a first VPC on a particular local zone of a plurality of local zones of the cloud computing service provider, the particular local zone having been selected based on a geographical proximity of the particular local zone to one or more of the radio base stations.
18 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 wherein the first VPC is at least partially hosted by the physical router of the B-EDC.
19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the computer-executable instructions stored thereon, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to cause further actions to be performed, the further actions including:
routing, at the local zone, using the first VPC, at least some of the telecommunication data via Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunneling to an Internet VPC that provides Internet connectivity and is hosted by the B-EDC at the local zone.
20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the computer-executable instructions stored thereon, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to cause further actions to be performed, the further actions including:
routing, at the local zone, using the first VPC, at least some of the telecommunication data via GRE tunneling to a regional data center (RDC) of the cloud computing service provider, the RDC being separated geographically from the B-EDC.