Structural Resilience and Connectivity of the IPv6 Internet: An AS-level Topology Examination
Bin Yuan, Tianbo Song
Abstract
The study utilizes a comprehensive dataset informed by IPv6 routing information to provide statistics, degree distribution, joint degree distribution, and clustering analysis of the IPv6 Internet's structure and resilience.The dataset includes 17,232 unique ASes and 10,000 unique IPv6 prefixes. Analysis reveals an interconnected network with an average path length of approximately 3 hops, suggesting a robust and efficient network with potential redundancy and resilience, despite some isolated components.
Topics & Concepts
IPv6Resilience (materials science)The InternetInternet topologyComputer scienceTopology (electrical circuits)Computer networkWorld Wide WebEngineeringPhysicsElectrical engineeringThermodynamicsSoftware-Defined Networks and 5GNetwork Packet Processing and OptimizationEnergy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks