Core AS Internet

Cooperative Assocation for Data Analysis (CAIDA)
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

URL: http://www.caida.org/research/topology/as_core_network/

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	Visualization Techniques: (Technique1): Position of each AS is plotted in polar coordinates, position(radius, ) such that: Key Visualization Mappings: (Mapping1): Richer peering relationships are reflected by positions closer to the center of the graph. (Mapping2): represents the geographic longitude of the AS headquarters. Colored arcs at the perimeter distinguish longitudes of different continents. Names of large cities are placed at their respective longitudinal positions. (Mapping3): Link color reflects outdegree, from lowest (blue) to highest (yellow). (Mapping4): Certain well-known ISPs have been manually labeled. Visualization Tools: (Tool1) CAIDA's Otter (Tool2) Perl script by Brad Huffaker.
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