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Publication
GLOBECOM 2006
Conference paper
Design and evaluation of a network distance based planning service
Abstract
In this paper, we design and evaluate the prototype of a network planning service utilizing the coordinate based embedding of network hosts. The kernel of our prototype consists of a scalable network distance embedding method, a core set of services built on top of this embedding, and a generic set of APIs exposed to the applications for utilizing these services. The implemented service core consists of four generic services that we argue to be common to a wide range of applications requiring management of services and monitoring of network distance among Internet hosts. The proposed service does not require any support from the end-hosts. We evaluate the implemented service core using real Internet data and demonstrate its efficacy. Our experience provides several key insights for the design and management of a suitable embedding scheme. © 2006 Crown Copyright.