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US 12,641,007 B2Granted
Out-of-band signaling and energy consumption based routing
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorDan Druta
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Abstract
A processing system including at least one processor deployed in a communication network may obtain at least a first energy usage indicator of at least a first network element of the communication network, obtain a selection of an energy factor-based routing for at least one packet, and route the at least one packet in response to the selection of the energy factor-based routing, where the energy factor-based routing is based upon the at least the first energy usage indicator of the at least the first network element.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining, by a processing system including at least one processor deployed in a communication network, at least a first energy usage indicator of at least a first network element of the communication network, wherein the at least the first energy usage indicator comprises an indicator of a type of energy source of the at least the first network element, and wherein the indicator of the type of energy source is one of a plurality of indicators including at least two indicators from among:
- a natural gas energy source indicator, a coal energy source indicator, a nuclear energy source indicator, a wind energy source indicator, a solar energy source indicator, a geothermal energy source indicator, or a hydroelectric energy source indicator;
- obtaining, by the processing system, a selection of an energy factor-based routing for at least one packet, wherein the selection is included in the at least one packet and wherein the selection distinguishes the energy factor-based routing from a non-energy factor-based routing;
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- routing, by the processing system, the at least one packet in response to the selection of the energy factor-based routing, wherein the energy factor-based routing is based upon the at least the first energy usage indicator of the at least the first network element.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing system including at least one processor when deployed in a communication network, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- obtaining at least a first energy usage indicator of at least a first network element of the communication network, wherein the at least the first energy usage indicator comprises an indicator of a type of energy source of the at least the first network element, and wherein the indicator of the type of energy source is one of a plurality of indicators including at least two indicators from among:
- a natural gas energy source indicator, a coal energy source indicator, a nuclear energy source indicator, a wind energy source indicator, a solar energy source indicator, a geothermal energy source indicator, or a hydroelectric energy source indicator;
- obtaining a selection of an energy factor-based routing for at least one packet, wherein the selection is included in the at least one packet and wherein the selection distinguishes the energy factor-based routing from a non-energy factor-based routing;
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- routing the at least one packet in response to the selection of the energy factor-based routing, wherein the energy factor-based routing is based upon the at least the first energy usage indicator of the at least the first network element.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a processing system including at least one processor;
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- a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processing system when deployed in a communication network, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- obtaining at least a first energy usage indicator of at least a first network element of the communication network, wherein the at least the first energy usage indicator comprises an indicator of a type of energy source of the at least the first network element, and wherein the indicator of the type of energy source is one of a plurality of indicators including at least two indicators from among:
- a natural gas energy source indicator, a coal energy source indicator, a nuclear energy source indicator, a wind energy source indicator, a solar energy source indicator, a geothermal energy source indicator, or a hydroelectric energy source indicator;
- obtaining a selection of an energy factor-based routing for at least one packet, wherein the selection is included in the at least one packet and wherein the selection distinguishes the energy factor-based routing from a non-energy factor-based routing;
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- routing the at least one packet in response to the selection of the energy factor-based routing, wherein the energy factor-based routing is based upon the at least the first energy usage indicator of the at least the first network element.
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