Comparative Analysis of the Internet AS-Level Topologies: BGP tables vs WHOIS Comparison

Since WHOIS topology is so different from the other graphs, we consider BGP tables and WHOIS topologies narrowed to the set of nodes present both in BGP tables and WHOIS. The results of our comparison are presented below.

BGP tables vs WHOIS Comparison Table

Group Metrics BGP_tables BGP_tables reduced WHOIS WHOIS reduced
Average degree Number of nodes 17,446 5,556 7,485 5,551
Number of edges 40,805 13,473 56,949 47,748
Avg node degree 4.68 4.85 15.22 17.20
Degree distribution Max node degree 2,498 533 1,079 886
Exponent 2.16 2.14 - -
Power-law maximum degree 4,546 1,893 - -
Joint degree distribution Normalized avg neighbor degree 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.03
Normalized max neighbor degree 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.04
Exponent of average neighbor degree 1.45 0.38 - -
Assortative coefficient -0.19 -0.21 -0.04 -0.03
Clustering Mean clustering 0.29 0.20 0.49 0.51
Clustering coefficient 0.02 0.05 0.31 0.34
Exponent 0.34 0.30 - -
Rich club connectivity Top clique size 9 3 4 6
Exponent 1.45 1.46 1.69 1.64
Coreness Min node coreness 0 0 0 0
Avg node coreness 1.42 1.52 7.66 8.93
Max node coreness 27 17 87 86
Core size 53 34 128 126
Min degree in core 34 28 99 96
Fringe size 5,088 1,765 442 294
Max degree in fringe 7 5 4 2
Exponent 0.58 0.52 1.07 1.07
Distance Avg distance 3.69 3.98 3.54 3.46
Std deviation of distance 0.88 0.96 0.80 0.80
Exponent 0.07 -0.08 0.09 -0.09
Eccentricity Average eccentricity 6.61 7.10 6.12 5.63
Graph Radius 5 5 4 4
Graph Diameter 10 10 8 7
Min degree in center 188 143 1,079 123
Max degree in periphery 1 1 6 6
Betweenness Avg node betweenness 7.6x10-5 26x10-5 17x10-5 22x10-5
Max node betweenness 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10
Exponent 1.17 1.21 - -
Min edge betweenness 3.2x10-9 2.4x10-9 17x10-9 32x10-9
Avg edge betweeness 4.5x10-5 14x10-5 3.1x10-5 3.6x10-5
Max edge betweenness 6.2x10-3 9.2x10-3 6.4x10-3 7.4x10-3

Degree distribution



CCDF of node degree

CCDF of node degree distribution
Graph data BGP tables ** BGP tables reduced ** WHOIS ** WHOIS reduced **


PDF of node degree distribution

PDF of node degree distribution
Graph data BGP tables ** BGP tables reduced ** WHOIS ** WHOIS reduced **


Joint degree distribution



CCDF of average neighbor connectivity

CCDF of average neighbor connectivity
Graph data BGP tables ** BGP tables reduced ** WHOIS ** WHOIS reduced **


Average neighbor connectivity as a function of node degree

Average neighbor connectivity as a function of node degree
Graph data BGP tables ** BGP tables reduced ** WHOIS ** WHOIS reduced **


Clustering



CCDF of local clustering

CCDF of local clustering
Graph data BGP tables ** BGP tables reduced ** WHOIS ** WHOIS reduced **


Local clustering as a function of node degree

Local clustering as a function of node degree
Graph data BGP tables ** BGP tables reduced ** WHOIS ** WHOIS reduced **


Clustering comparison with PKK, PK and K-graphs for BGP_tables

Clustering comparison with 2K, 1K and 0K-graphs for BGP_tables
Graph data BGP tables

Clustering comparison with PKK, PK and K-graphs for Induced_RV

Clustering comparison with 2K, 1K and 0K-graphs for BG_tables reduced
Graph data BGP tables reduced

Clustering comparison with 2K, 1K and 0K-graphs for WHOIS

Clustering comparison with 2K, 1K and 0K-graphs for WHOIS
Graph data WHOIS

Clustering comparison with PKK, PK and K-graphs for Induced_Ripe_int_RV

Clustering comparison with 2K, 1K and 0K-graphs for WHOIS reduced
Graph data WHOIS reduced

Rich club connectivity



CCDF of rich club connectivity

CCDF of rich club connectivity
Graph data BGP tables ** BGP tables reduced ** WHOIS ** WHOIS reduced **


Coreness



CCDF of node coreness

CCDF of node coreness
Graph data BGP tables ** BGP tables reduced ** WHOIS ** WHOIS reduced **


Node coreness as a function of node degree

Node coreness as a function of node degree
Graph data BGP tables ** BGP tables reduced ** WHOIS ** WHOIS reduced **


Distance



PDF of distance distribution

PDF of distance distribution
Graph data BGP tables ** BGP tables reduced ** WHOIS ** WHOIS reduced **


Average distance as a function of node degree

Average distance as a function of node degree
Graph data BGP tables ** BGP tables reduced ** WHOIS ** WHOIS reduced **


Eccentricity



PDF of eccentricity

PDF of eccentricity
Graph data BGP tables ** BGP tables reduced ** WHOIS ** WHOIS reduced **


Eccentricity as a function of node degree

Eccentricity as a function of node degree
Graph data BGP tables ** BGP tables reduced ** WHOIS ** WHOIS reduced **


Betweenness



CCDF of node betweenness

CCDF of node betweenness
Graph data BGP tables ** BGP tables reduced ** WHOIS ** WHOIS reduced **


Betweenness as a function of node degree

Betweenness as a function of node degree
Graph data BGP tables ** BGP tables reduced ** WHOIS ** WHOIS reduced **


CCDF of edge betweenness

CCDF of edge betweenness
Graph data BGP tables ** BGP tables reduced ** WHOIS ** WHOIS reduced **

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