US 12,219,005 B2
Network protocol extension for 5G edge computing services
Linda Dunbar, Plano, TX (US); and Huaimo Chen, Bolton, MA (US)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/303,747.
Application 18/303,747 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/056011, filed on Oct. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/104,285, filed on Oct. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0262112 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 67/1004 (2022.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 45/12 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/1004 (2013.01) [H04L 45/04 (2013.01); H04L 45/124 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented by an egress router, the method comprising:
obtaining a capacity index of an application server attached to the egress router;
obtaining a load index describing a load measurement between the egress router and the application server during a certain time period;
encoding a cost to the application server for anycast traffic into a packet, wherein the cost is computed based on the capacity index and the load index; and
transmitting the packet to one or more routers in an Internet protocol (IP) network.