Systems and methods for network path discovery

An electronic device comprising:

• a transmitter;
• a receiver;
• and
• processing circuitry coupled to the transmitter and the receiver, the processing circuitry configured to:
• generate a first packet having a field comprising a first number of hops that the first packet is to exist inside a network;
• generate second packet having the field comprising a second number of hops that the second packet is to exist inside the network;
• transmit, via the transmitter, the first packet to a first routing device associated with the first number of hops at a first time;
• transmit, via the transmitter, the second packet to a second routing device associated with the second number of hops at the first time;
• receive, via the receiver, a first response packet from the first routing device at a second time after the first time, the first response packet comprising a first address of the first routing device and a copy of the first packet;
• associate the first address with the first number of hops based on the field in the copy of the first packet;
• receive, via the receiver, a second response packet from the second routing device at a third time, the second response packet comprising a second address of the second routing device and a copy of the second packet;
• and
• associate the second address with the second number of hops based on the field in the copy of the second packet.