- AUTOMATED TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FOR 802.1AQ BASED UPON THE USE OF LINK UTILIZATION AS FEEDBACK INTO THE TIE-BREAKING MECHANISM

摘要

A method within an Ethernet bridge for improved load balancing in an Ethernet network including an Ethernet bridge includes the steps of determining a first set of one or more shortest paths between each pair of Ethernet bridges in an Ethernet network, selecting at least a first shortest path, Calculating a link utilization value for each link of the Ethernet network, determining a second set of one or more shortest paths between each pair of Ethernet bridges in the Ethernet network, generating a path utilization value for each shortest path, Selecting the second shortest path based on the utilization rate value, thereby selecting the second shortest path considering the path utilization value minimizes the standard deviation of the load distribution over the Ethernet network.