On the network geography of the Internet

The geographic layout of the physical Internet inherently determines important network properties and traffic characteristics. To give insight into the geography of the Internet, we examine the spatial properties of the topology and routing. To represent the network we conducted a geographically dis...

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Published in2011 Proceedings IEEE INFOCOM pp. 126 - 130
Main Authors Matray, P., Haga, P., Laki, S., Csabai, I., Vattay, G.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.04.2011
Subjects
Asia
Europe
Internet
IP networks
Network topology
Routing
Topology
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Summary:The geographic layout of the physical Internet inherently determines important network properties and traffic characteristics. To give insight into the geography of the Internet, we examine the spatial properties of the topology and routing. To represent the network we conducted a geographically dispersed traceroute campaign, and embedded the extracted topology into the geographic space by applying a novel IP geolocalization service, called Spotter. In this paper we present the frequency analysis of link lengths, quantify path circuitousness and explore the symmetry of end-to-end Internet routes.
ISBN:1424499194
9781424499199
ISSN:0743-166X
2641-9874
DOI:10.1109/INFCOM.2011.5934909