SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A VIRTUAL NETWORK TOPOLOGY FOR M2M COMMUNICATIONS

摘要

Methods and systems for generating a virtual network topology for machine-to-machine communications. A set of input information including network information and configuration information is obtained. One or more virtual serving gateways for the virtual network are located at one or more physical hosts, and each machine is associated with a respective virtual serving gateway, in accordance with the network information and the configuration information. A set of output information defining the virtual network topology is generated.

主权项

1. A method for generating a virtual network topology for machine-to-machine communications, the method comprising:
obtaining a set of input information, the input information including:
network information providing information about a physical network for machine-to-machine communications among a plurality of machines; andconfiguration information providing one or more parameters for configuring the virtual network topology; locating one or more virtual serving gateways for the virtual network at one or more physical hosts in the physical network and associating each of the plurality of machines with one of the one or more virtual serving gateways, in accordance with the network information and the configuration information; and generating a set of output information defining the virtual network topology, the output information including:
information identifying a location of the one or more virtual serving gateways at the one or more physical hosts; andinformation identifying associations between the plurality of machines and the one or more virtual serving gateways.