Tuesday, July 8

MS39
The Many Faces of Internet Topology

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Sunset - Meeting House

The Internet's layered architecture and organizational structure preclude any single unique "Internet topology," and extensive measurement-based research is directed at developing relevant models of Internet structure and function. This mini-symposium will provide a basic understanding of the distinctly different objectives, circumstances, and forces shaping the Internet's complex connectivity structures, including: (1) the Internet's router-level topology, where nodes are physical devices such as routers and links represent physical connections; (2) the Internet's AS-level topology, where nodes represent entire Autonomous Systems (AS) and links reflect business relationships; and (3) overlay networks such as the Web, Peer-to-Peer networks, or the increasingly popular online social networks.

Organizer: Walter Willinger
AT&T
David Alderson
Naval Postgraduate School

10:30-10:55 The Internet's Router-Level Topology: Principles, Models, and Validation

David Alderson, Naval Postgraduate School

11:00-11:25 On the Internet's AS-level Topology

Ricardo Oliveira, University of California, Los Angeles; Dan Pei, AT&T Labs - Research; Walter Willinger, AT&T; Beichuan Zhang, University of Arizona; Lixia Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles

11:30-11:55 Online Social Networks - Connecting People like Never Before

Sue Moon, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

12:00-12:25 Empirical Characterizations of P2P Systems

Reza Rejaie, University of Oregon