[e2e] topological locality of Internet communication?

[Panos TRIMINTZIOS]

Information about AS Paths from routes advertised with BGP on the
average/maximum AS path length (maybe also taking into account AS Path
prepending statistics) is an indication of the "AS hops" a typical
connection may cross in the Internet. Currently I the average AS Path
size is around 3.5 AS hops, while the maximum 11-12.

An analysis of the various BGP reports given in:
http://bgp.potaroo.net/index-bgp.html
can give you a reasonable indication for the "AS hops" statistics you
need for your simulations.

-Panos Trimintzios

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Lars Eggert typed:

// Hi,
//
// since we were just talking about Internet statistics:
//
// I'm looking to get a feel of how much topological locality Internet
// communication exhibits, to calibrate some simulations we plan to run.
//
// Is anyone aware of measurements of how many "AS hops" typical
// connections cross in the Internet? Ideal would be a CDF of "AS hops
// crossed" for connection percentages.
//
// (I thought about looking at the TTLs of incoming TCP packets at servers,
// infering the OS based on TCP characteristics like nmap and using this to
// guess the default outbound TTL for that OS. But that yields IP hops, not
// AS hops.)
//
// Thanks,
// Lars
// --
// Lars Eggert                                     NEC Network Laboratories
//

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 Panos Trimintzios
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