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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
May. 17, 2015
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/803 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 40/22 (2009.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/122 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 40/22 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 88/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Geographic proximity and network congestion are used to determine efficient routing of data in networks. If two devices are geographically close, then device-to-device communication may be possible. Data may thus be routed using device-to-device communication, which avoids consuming bandwidth in wide area networks and in cellular networks.