Anatomy of a large european IXP

The largest IXPs carry on a daily basis traffic volumes in the petabyte range, similar to what some of the largest global ISPs reportedly handle. This little-known fact is due to a few hundreds of member ASes exchanging traffic with one another over the IXP’s infrastructure. This paper reports on a first-of-its-kind and in-depth analysis of one of the largest IXPs worldwide based on nine months’ worth

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2012
• Where: SIGCOMM
• Authors: Bernhard Ager, Nikolaos Chatzis, Anja Feldmann, Nadi Sarrar, Steve Uhlig, Walter Willinger
• Keywords: Communications, Daily Basis, Global Isps, Little Known Fact, SIGCOMM 2012