Patents by Inventor Harald Luning

Harald Luning has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Implementing EPC in a cloud computer with openflow data plane
    Patent number: 8873398
    Abstract: A method for implementing a control plane of an evolved packet core (EPC) of a third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) network in a cloud computing system, including initializing the plurality of control plane modules of the EPC within the controller, each control plane module in the plurality of control plane modules initialized as a separate virtual machine by the cloud manager; monitoring resource utilization of each control plane module and the control plane traffic handled by each control plane module; detecting a threshold level of resource utilization or traffic load for one of the plurality of control plane modules of the EPC; and initializing a new control plane module as a separate virtual machine by the cloud manager in response to detecting the threshold level, the new control plane module to share the load of the one of the plurality of control plane modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: James Kempf, Harald Luning, Tord K. Nilsson, Bengt E. Johansson, Sten Pettersson
  • Implementing a 3G packet core in a cloud computer with openflow data and control planes
    Patent number: 8762501
    Abstract: A method for implementing a general packet radio service (GPRS) tunnel protocol (GTP) in a packet core (PC) of a third generation (3G) network having a split architecture where a control plane of the PC of the 3G network is in a cloud computing system, the cloud computing system including a controller, the controller to execute a plurality of control plane modules, the control plane to communicate with the data plane of the PC through a control plane protocol, the data plane implemented in a plurality of network elements of the 3G network by configuring switches implementing a data plane of the SGSN and GGSN and intermediate switches to establish a first and second GTP tunnel endpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: James Kempf, Neda Beheshti-Zavareh, Ying Zhang, Tord K. Nilsson, Bengt E. Johansson, Sten Rune Pettersson, Harald Luning
  • Implementing a 3G Packet Core in a Cloud Computer with Openflow Data and Control Planes
    Publication number: 20130054761
    Abstract: A method for implementing a general packet radio service (GPRS) tunnel protocol (GTP) in a packet core (PC) of a third generation (3G) network having a split architecture where a control plane of the PC of the 3G network is in a cloud computing system, the cloud computing system including a controller, the controller to execute a plurality of control plane modules, the control plane to communicate with the data plane of the PC through a control plane protocol, the data plane implemented in a plurality of network elements of the 3G network by configuring switches implementing a data plane of the SGSN and GGSN and intermediate switches to establish a first and second GTP tunnel endpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: James Kempf, Neda Beheshti-Zavareh, Ying Zhang, Tord K. Nilsson, Bengt E. Johansson, Sten Rune Pettersson, Harald Luning
  • Implementing EPC in a Cloud Computer with Openflow Data Plane
    Publication number: 20120303835
    Abstract: A method for implementing a control plane of an evolved packet core (EPC) of a third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) network in a cloud computing system, including initializing the plurality of control plane modules of the EPC within the controller, each control plane module in the plurality of control plane modules initialized as a separate virtual machine by the cloud manager; monitoring resource utilization of each control plane module and the control plane traffic handled by each control plane module; detecting a threshold level of resource utilization or traffic load for one of the plurality of control plane modules of the EPC; and initializing a new control plane module as a separate virtual machine by the cloud manager in response to detecting the threshold level, the new control plane module to share the load of the one of the plurality of control plane modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: James Kempf, Harald Luning, Tord K. Nilsson, Bengt E. Johansson, Sten Pettersson