Patent ID: 9614743
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method, through a server, to determine carbon footprint of a network service, in a network, the method comprising: 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; determining carbon footprint of the network service based on the power consumption, the cooling requirements, and the associated carbon footprint coefficients; and utilizing the carbon footprint as a routing parameter for the network service in the network, wherein the power consumption and the cooling requirements of the network devices are determined for all equipment at each of the network devices and apportioned to the network service based on how much the network service uses each of the network devices, wherein, for apportionment, the power consumption and the cooling requirements of the network devices for the network service is divided by a total number of services thereon.