Improved Algorithms for Network Topology Discovery
Fri, 04/20/2007 - 10:39 by Benoit Donnet
Abstract
Topology discovery systems are starting to be introduced in the form of easily and widely deployed software. However, little consideration has been given as to how to perform large-scale topology discovery efficiently and in a network-friendly manner. In prior work, we have described how large numbers of traceroute monitors can coordinate their efforts to map the network while reducing their impact on routers and end-systems. The key is for them to share information regarding the paths they have explored. However, such sharing introduces considerable communication overhead. Here, we show how to improve the communication scaling properties through the use of Bloom filters to encode a probing stop set. Also, any system in which every monitor traces routes towards every destination has inherent scaling problems. We propose capping the number of monitors per destination, and dividing the monitors into clusters, each cluster focusing on a different destination list.
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- B Donnet, T. Friedman and M. Crovella
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Proc. Passive and Active Measurement Workshop (PAM) , Boston, MA, USA, Mar. 2005.- Notes
- See also the traceroute@home project: http://trhome.sourceforge.net
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