Patent ID: 11863388
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A device comprising:
a processor;
a memory commutatively coupled to the processor;
a plurality of elements;
a communication port coupled with one or more neighboring devices; and
an energy-aware topology logic configured to:
collect topology data from one or more network devices, wherein each of the one or more network devices include a plurality of elements;
receive power source data and power usage data related to one or more of the plurality of elements;
generate an element energy coefficient (EEC) for the one or more of the plurality of elements;
generate an energy-aware configuration for at least one of the one or more network devices; and
pass the generated energy-aware configuration to the at least one network device, wherein the energy-aware configuration is configured to steer traffic based on at least one sustainability-related metric.