DocumentCode :
2329789
Title :
NISp1-06: On Intentional Attacks and Protections in Complex Communication Networks
Author :
Xiao, Shi ; Xiao, Gaoxi
Author_Institution :
Div. of Commun. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
fYear :
2006
fDate :
Nov. 27 2006-Dec. 1 2006
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
5
Abstract :
Being motivated by recent developments in the theory of complex networks, we examine the robustness of communication networks under intentional attack that takes down network nodes in a decreasing order of their nodal degrees. In this paper, we study two different effects that have been largely missed in the existing results: (i) some communication networks, like Internet, are too large for anyone to have global information of their topologies, which makes the accurate intentional attack practically impossible; and (ii) most attacks in communication networks are propagated from one node to its neighborhood node(s), utilizing local network-topology information only. We show that incomplete global information has different impacts to the intentional attack in different circumstances, while local information-based attacks can be actually highly efficient. Such insights would be helpful for the future developments of efficient network attack/protection schemes.
Keywords :
Internet; telecommunication network topology; telecommunication security; complex communication networks; distributed attack; intentional attacks; network robustness; scale-free network; Communication networks; Communication systems; Complex networks; IP networks; Internet; Network topology; Protection; Robustness; Statistical distributions; World Wide Web;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2006. GLOBECOM '06. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
ISSN :
1930-529X
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0356-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1930-529X
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2006.313
Filename :
4150943
Link To Document :
بازگشت