Describing and simulating internet routes

This contribution deals with actual routes followed by packets on the internet at IP level. We first propose a set of statistical properties to analyse such routes, which brings detailed information on them. We then use the obtained results to suggest and evaluate methods for generating artificial routes suitable for simulation purposes. This also makes it possible to evaluate various network models. This work is based on large data sets provided mainly by CAIDA’s skitter infrastructure.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2007
• Where: CN
• Authors: Jeremie Leguay, Matthieu Latapy, Timur Friedman, Kavé Salamatian
• Keywords: Actual Routes, CN 2007, IP Level, Statistical Properties