Understanding internet topology: Principles, models, and validation

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1205-1218

  Alderson, David ^a   Li, Lun ^a   Willinger, Walter ^b   Doyle, John C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Degree based generators; Heuristically optimal topology; Network design; Network topology; Router configuration; Topology metrics

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ROUTERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DEGREE BASED GENERATORS; HEURISTICALLY OPTIMAL TOPOLOGY; INTERNET TOPOLOGY; NETWORK DESIGN; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ROUTER CONFIGURATION; TOPOLOGY METRICS;

INTERNET;

EID: 29844458140     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2005.861250     Document Type: Article

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