Abstract: Technologies are described for controlling the data path (e.g., the end-to-end data path) for cellular network data. For example, a customer of a cellular network that owns or operates cellular devices can use the technologies described herein to control how cellular network data travels through the cellular network, including associated network connections and network equipment, before ultimately reaching the customer's network. In some implementations, the data path is controlled at each of a plurality of stages. For example, control can be applied at the mobile operator stage (e.g., to control which mobile operator the cellular device connects to), at the home subscriber server (HSS) stage, at the proxy stage, and/or at the packet data network gateway (PGW) stage.

Abstract: Technologies are described for controlling the data path (e.g., the end-to-end data path) for cellular network data. For example, a customer of a cellular network that owns or operates cellular devices can use the technologies described herein to control how cellular network data travels through the cellular network, including associated network connections and network equipment, before ultimately reaching the customer's network. In some implementations, the data path is controlled at each of a plurality of stages. For example, control can be applied at the mobile operator stage (e.g., to control which mobile operator the cellular device connects to), at the home subscriber server (HSS) stage, at the proxy stage, and/or at the packet data network gateway (PGW) stage.

Abstract: Technologies are described for restricting access within a cellular telecommunications environment. For example, the technologies described herein can be used to allow cellular devices to connect to cellular networks even when the cellular networks are disallowed. However, the connections to cellular networks that are disallowed can be handled differently from connections to cellular networks that are allowed. For example, when a cellular device is allowed to connect to a disallowed cellular network, the connection can be directed to a particular packet data network gateway (PGW), such as a blocked PGW.

Abstract: A system and method for intelligently partitioning a virtualized wireless telecommunication network that algorithmically identifies a desirably efficient partitioning scheme such as to desirably enhance at least one of performance, latency, processing efficiency, error detection and management, error propagation and confinement of errors and cost effectiveness of the wireless network is disclosed. A system and method provides for intelligently partitioning a virtualized wireless telecommunication network that desirably provides for deployment of virtualized network functions using micro containers using software defined networking (SDN), and to desirably reduce propagation and impact of failure or errors in one partition of the wireless network.