US Patent 10397050 Providing and configuring a virtual base station

A method for providing a virtual base station in a mobile network comprising a virtual base station (VBS), wherein the VBS comprises at least one radio access point (RAP) and a virtual radio access function (VRAF), includes configuring the VBS by providing a description of radio access functionalities, which are executed by the RAP or by the VRAF; and jointly executing the VBS locally on the at least one RAP and on a centralized entity (CE) forming a logical functional network entity.