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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2024
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Indermeet Singh Gandhi, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Edgar Barton, Richmond, CA;
Jerome Henry, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Cesar Obediente, Apex, NC (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving energy efficiency data from a plurality of nodes within a network. The method also includes determining an energy efficiency node quotient for each of the plurality of nodes within the network to generate a plurality of energy efficiency node quotients and determining an energy efficiency path quotient for each of a plurality of paths within the network to generate a plurality of energy efficiency path quotients. The method further includes determining one or more policies associated with the plurality of paths and selecting a path from the plurality of paths based at least on the plurality of energy efficient path quotients and the one or more policies.