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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2014
Aung Htay, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Paul Hudgins, Roswell, GA (US);
Mallikarjunappa Kore, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Aung Htay, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Paul Hudgins, Roswell, GA (US);
Mallikarjunappa Kore, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
A method, through a server, to determine carbon footprint of a network service, in a network, includes determining power consumption and cooling requirements of network devices associated with the network service; determining associated carbon footprint coefficients for power sources associated with each of the network devices; and determining carbon footprint of the network service based on the power consumption, the cooling requirements, and the associated carbon footprint coefficients.