Systems and method for extendable micronets
A wireless communication system includes an external provider subsystem and an electronic network subsystem in operable communication with the external provider subsystem. The electronic network subsystem is configured to provide a first microservice and a second microservice different from the first microservice. The wireless communication system further includes an in-home subsystem (i) separate from the external provider subsystem, (ii) in operable communication with the electronic network subsystem, and (iii) including a first micronet and a second micronet different from the first micronet. The first micronet is configured to operably interact with the first microservice, and the second micronet is configured to operably interact with the second microservice. The wireless communication system further includes at least one electronic device configured to operably connect with one of the first micronet and the second micronet.
1. A micronet-enabled network communication system having a micronets platform including a software defined networking (SDN) subsystem configured for automatically organizing a plurality of connected devices within a plurality of trust domains, the system comprising:
a system operator including (i) a system interface for the micronets platform, and (ii) a micronets manager in operable communication with the system interface and configured to orchestrate service delivery to the system; and
a first network in operable communication with the system operator including a first SDN controller configured to automatically segment the first network into a first micronet controlled by the first SDN controller and configured for a first wireless electronic device; and
a second network in operable communication with the system operator and including a second SDN controller different from the first micronet,
wherein the first SDN controller is located remotely from the second SDN controller,
wherein the system operator is configured to enable creation of a second micronet (a) established through a direct communication link between the first wireless electronic device and the second SDN controller, and (b) controlled by first SDN controller.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second networks are enabled to be trusted platform providers for the system operator.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second micronet is configured to operate as a virtual extension of the first micronet.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first micronet includes a first trust domain for the first wireless electronic device, and wherein the second micronet includes a second trust domain for the first wireless electronic device.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the first and second trust domains are the same.
6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the second trust domain is agnostic of the second SDN controller.
7. The system of claim 4 , wherein the first SDN controller is further configured to automatically segment the first network into a third micronet (a) controlled by the first SDN controller, and (b) having an individualized separate third trust domain different from the first and second trust domains.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the micronets platform is dynamically configured to place (a) the first wireless communication device into the first trust domain of the first micronet, and (b) at least one second wireless communication device into the third trust domain of the third micronet.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first and third trust domains are differentiated from one another based on at least one of a device type, a device use, capabilities of the first network, and traffic flow.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system operator is further configured to enable creation of the second micronet when the first wireless electronic device is (a) outside of a first communication range of the first SDN controller, and (b) within a second communication range of the second SDN controller.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second SDN controller is configured to automatically segment the second network into a third micronet controlled by the second SDN controller and configured for a second wireless electronic device (a) different from the first wireless electronic device, and (b) within a second communication range of the second SDN controller.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the system operator is further configured to enable the first wireless electronic device to control at least one function of the second wireless electronic device through the second micronet.
13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second networks are in operable communication with at least one of the system interface and the micronets manager through an access and core third network.
14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first SDN controller includes at least one of a gateway, an SDN switch, a modem, a virtual switch, a micronets application layer, an access point, a router, and an ethernet link.
15. The system of claim 1 , wherein micronets manager is further configured to enable segmentation of the first network into a least one of (a) a plurality of micronets, and (b) separate individualized trust domains for each micronet of the segmented plurality of micronets.
16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless electronic device is a mobile communication device.
17. A mobile wireless electronic communication device configured to wirelessly connect with a first software defined networking (SDN) controller of a first network and a second SDN controller of a second network, the second SDN controller being different than and disposed remotely from the first SDN controller, the mobile wireless electronic communication device comprising:
a transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with the first and second SDN controllers;
a processor in communication with the transceiver; and
a memory device (a) in communication with the processor, and (b) configured to store computer-executable instructions therein, which, when executed by the processor, cause the wireless electronic communication device to:
onboard with and secure connectivity to the first network through a first trust domain corresponding to a first micronet individually segmented by the first SDN controller, wherein the first SDN controller is configured to further segment the first network in to a plurality of second micronets according to a plurality of different respective second trust domains; and
establish, when the wireless electronic communication device is within communication range of the second SDN controller, a direct connection to the second SDN controller through creation of an extendible second micronet that functions a virtual extension of the first micronet,
wherein the second micronet (a) is controlled by at least one of the first wireless electronic device and the first SDN controller, and (b) provides access between the first wireless electronic communication device and the system operator by way of the second SDN controller.
18. The mobile wireless electronic communication device of claim 17 , wherein the first micronet is at least one of a system-managed micronet and a user-managed micronet separate from the system-managed micronet.
19. The mobile wireless electronic communication device of claim 17 , wherein the first network includes a plurality of first devices (a) within operating range of the first SDN controller, and (b) connected to the first SDN controller through at least one of the segmented plurality of second micronets according to their different respective trust domains.
20. The mobile wireless electronic communication device of claim 19 ,
wherein the second network includes at least one second connected device (a) within operating range of the second SDN controller, and (b) connected to the second SDN controller through at least one third micronet, and
wherein the instruction further enable the mobile wireless electronic communication device to, when within communication range of the second SDN controller, (a) control at least one function of the at least one second connected device through the extensible second micronet, (b) control at least one function of a first connected device through the extensible second micronet, and (c) control at least one function of at least one first connected device of the plurality of first connected devices.