Link-level network topology generation

Mehmet Burak Akgün, Mehmet Hadi Güneş

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    Abstract

    Internet topology generation involves producing synthetic network topologies that imitate the characteristics of the Internet. Although the accuracy of newly developed network protocols or algorithms do not considerably depend on the underlying topology, the performance generally depends on the topology. As a result, synthetic topologies are widely utilized by network researchers to analyze performance of their design in simulation or emulation environments. Previous studies on the Internet topology generation have ignored the major building block of the networks, i.e., subnetworks. Generated topologies are composed of point to point links. These networks do not ref ect some crucial characteristics of the Internet such as the clustering of the Internet backbone. In this study, we propose subnet based Internet topology generation to better ref ect the underlying building blocks of the Internet. Subnet based synthetic topologies capture both the degree distribution and the subnet distribution characteristics of sample Internet topologies.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings - 31st International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops, ICDCSW 2011
    Pages140-145
    Number of pages6
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2011
    Event31st International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops, ICDCSW 2011 - Minneapolis, MN, United States
    Duration: 20 Jun 201124 Jun 2011

    Publication series

    NameProceedings - International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems

    Conference

    Conference31st International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops, ICDCSW 2011
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityMinneapolis, MN
    Period20/06/1124/06/11

    Keywords

    • Internet
    • subnetworks
    • topology generation

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