Frame based multi-path discovery technique for mass data transmission in next generation Wide Area layer2 network

Bandwidth allocation of VLAN path in Wide Area Ethernet is limited by link bandwidth. Aggregation of multiple end-to-end paths is effective to avoid this limit. This paper proposes multiple independent paths discovering method using extended Ethernet frame flooding technique for high capacity transmission by aggregating multiple paths. Implementing the algorithm to software switches and evaluates the delay of discovered multiple paths.