Title :
Generating realistic ISP-level network topologies
Author :
Heckmann, Oliver ; Piringer, Michael ; Schmitt, Jens ; Steinmetz, Ralf
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng. & Inf. Technol., Darmstadt Univ. of Technol., Germany
fDate :
7/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Simulations are an important tool in network research. As the selected topology often influences the outcome of the simulation, realistic topologies are needed to produce realistic simulation results. Using several similarity metrics to compare artificially generated topologies with real world topologies this paper gives hints on how to use the widespread topology generators BRITE, TIERS, and GT-ITM to create realistic topologies.
Keywords :
network topology; simulation; telecommunication network planning; BRITE; GT-ITM; TIERS; network topologies; realistic ISP-level topologies; similarity metrics; simulations; topology generators; Circuit topology; Electronic mail; Frequency; Information technology; Inspection; Multimedia communication; Network topology; Spine; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2003.814708
