DIP: Distance information protocol for IDMaps

Yixin Jin, Beichuan Zhang, Vasileios Pappas, Lixia Zhang, Sugih Jamin

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2 Scopus citations

Abstract

The Internet distance map service (IDMaps) [P. Francis, S. Jamin, C. Jin, D. Raz, Y. Shavitt, and L. Zhang, 2001] provides distance estimates between any pair of hosts connected to the Internet. The IDMaps system comprises two component types: tracers that measure distance between IP address prefixes, and servers that collect measurement results and answer distance queries. The distance information protocol (DIP) is used for tracers to report measured distance data to servers. The dynamics on the Internet topology, the distributed nature of autonomous tracers and servers, and the vast size of the data set require that DIP provide highly adaptive and scalable data dissemination from tracers to servers. DIP is a soft-state announce/listen protocol and scales independently from the total amount of measurement data by all tracers. DIP achieves its scalability through combination of staged timers, positive feedback, and feedback suppression techniques, which enable DIP to disseminate only the most useful measurement data to servers in a dynamic way. Simulations verified DIP's scalability and adaptability under various network conditions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 8th IEEE International Symposium on Computers and Communication, ISCC 2003
Pages775-782
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes
Event8th IEEE International Symposium on Computers and Communication, ISCC 2003 - Kemer-Antalya, Turkey
Duration: Jun 30 2003Jul 3 2003

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications
ISSN (Print)1530-1346

Other

Other8th IEEE International Symposium on Computers and Communication, ISCC 2003
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityKemer-Antalya
Period6/30/037/3/03

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Signal Processing
  • General Mathematics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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