A contrasting look at self-organization in the Internet and next-generation communication networks

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 94-100

  Alderson, David ^a   Willinger, Walter ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

INTERNET STRUCTURE; SELF-ORGANIZATION NETWORKS; STATISTICAL PHYSICS;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 24744470461     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2005.1470830     Document Type: Article

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