System and method for making and disseminating local policy decisions in a software programmable radio network

摘要

An embodiment wireless communication system includes a base station and a software defined network (SDN)-enabled switch/router configured to communicate data packets with the base station. The wireless communication system also includes a computing platform running at least one virtual device and that is configured to communicate with the SDN-enabled switch/router and to provide software to configure operation of the SDN-enabled switch/router.