Selectively bypassing a routing queue in a routing device in a fifth generation (5G) or other next generation network

First network equipment, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory configured to store executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
• receiving, from second network equipment via a network, a communication,
• selecting, according to a first selection process, third network equipment determined to be on a first route to destination network equipment, and
• selecting, according to a second selection process, fourth network equipment on a second route, based on a first indication received from the third network equipment that a queueing delay of a queue of the third network equipment was determined to be at least a threshold delay for the third network equipment, wherein the fourth network equipment is selected according to the second selection process without processing a header portion of the communication.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a first routing device, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving, from a second routing device via a packet-switched network, a packet comprising a header portion and a data portion;
• in response to a measurement of an aspect of a queue being determined to be at most a threshold value, queueing, in the queue, the packet for a third routing device selected according to a first selection process as being on a route to a destination routing device for the packet;
• and
• in response to a queueing delay of the queue being determined to be greater than the threshold value, transmitting the packet to a fourth routing device, wherein the fourth routing device is selected according to a second selection process different than the first selection process, and wherein the fourth routing device is selected according to the second selection process without accessing the header portion of the packet.