Measurement in the Internet

Outline

Why study Internet topology?

"topology" - misleading word

Scales/Hierarchies of topology

traceroute

How traceroute works

How traceroute works

How traceroute works

traceroute to topology

traceroute and routers

Big questions for topology

Why bandwidth estimation?

Bandwidth estimation

Bandwidth estimation

Tomography

Why study workload characterization?

Why study routing dynamics?

Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA)
San Diego Supercomputer Center

Dept. Computer Science & Engineering
University of California, San Diego