Abstract-The geographic layout of the physical Internet inherently determines important network properties and traffic characteristics. To give insight into the geography of the Internet, we examine the spatial properties of the topology and routing. To represent the network we conducted a geographically dispersed traceroute campaign, and embedded the extracted topology into the geographic space by applying a novel IP geolocalization service, called Spotter. In this paper we present the frequency analysis of link lengths, quantify path circuitousness and explore the symmetry of end-to-end Internet routes.
The related macroscopic Internet geographical aspects have been studied in the following papers: Matray et al. REF studied the geographic layout of the Internet, specifically the spatial properties of its topology and data routing.
On the network geography of the Internet
2011 Proceedings IEEE INFOCOM
2011 Proceedings IEEE INFOCOM
Computer Science