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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2022
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Dan Druta, Sammamish, WA (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/12 (2022.01); H04L 45/74 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/124 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01);
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.