On the Characteristics of BGP Routes

Authors

J. Clement, University of WollongongFollow
K. Chin, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

21948

Publication Details

This conference paper was originally published as Clement, J, Chin, K, On the Characteristics of BGP Routes, International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies ISCIT 2007, 17-19 Oct, 655-659.

Abstract

This paper studies the characteristics of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routes. In particular, it identifies autonomous systems (ASs) that appear frequently in path vectors. In addition, it analyzes path vector lengths. Finally, it investigates the prevalence of inflated paths, commonly used by ASs for traffic engineering purposes.