The importance of IXPs to interconnect different networks and exchange traffic locally has
been well studied over the last few years. However, far less is known about the role IXPs …

Peering infrastructures, namely, colocation facilities and Internet exchange points, are
located in every major city, have hundreds of network members, and support hundreds of …

Today's large content providers (CP) are busy building out their service infrastructures or"
peering edges" to satisfy the insatiable demand for content created by an ever-expanding …

Internet topology research is often done at the autonomous system level because of its
highest level of granularity and the availability of several public datasets. The purpose of this …

Inbound traffic engineering (ITE)---the process of announcing routes to, eg, maximize
revenue or minimize congestion---is an essential task for Autonomous Systems (ASes). AS …

BGP-Multipath (BGP-M) is a multipath routing technique for load balancing. Distinct from
other techniques deployed at a router inside an Autonomous System (AS), BGP-M is …

Abstract Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) became a fundamental building block of inter-
domain routing throughout the last decade. Today, they offer their members access to …

Internet exchange points (IXPs) play a vital role in the modern Internet. Envisioned as a
means to connect physically close networks, they have grown into large hubs connecting …

Abstract Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) play an essential role in the Internet, providing a
fabric for thousands of Autonomous Systems (ASes) to interconnect. Initially designed to …

Internet eXchange Points (IXPs) have significantly transformed the structure and economics
of the Internet by allowing many nearby networks to connect directly, avoiding the need for …