Title :
"Free-riding" traffic problem in routing overlay networks
Author :
Hasegawa, Go ; Kobayashi, Masayoshi ; Murata, Masayuki ; Murase, Tutomu
Author_Institution :
Osaka Univ., Osaka
Abstract :
In this paper, we discuss the "free-riding" traffic problem in routing overlay networks, which is mainly caused by a policy mismatch between the overlay routing and the underlay IP routing. We first define the free-riding problem in a routing overlay network, and construct mathematical models to calculate the amount of the free-riding traffic in routing overlay networks with various path-selection metrics. We also present the numerical examples to estimate the effects of the overlay routing. We conclude that there can be a significant amount of free-riding traffic in an actual Internet environment.
Keywords :
IP networks; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; Internet; overlay routing; routing overlay networks; underlay IP routing; IP networks; Information science; Laboratories; Mathematical model; National electric code; Network servers; Peer to peer computing; Routing; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Networks, 2007. ICON 2007. 15th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Adelaide, SA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1229-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1556-6463
DOI :
10.1109/ICON.2007.4444072
