Technological and Economic Drivers and Constraints in the Internet’s “Last Mile”

Alderson, David L. (2004) Technological and Economic Drivers and Constraints in the Internet’s “Last Mile”. Technical Report. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.. [CaltechCDSTR:2004.004]

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Abstract

This paper investigates the physical topology of the Internet at the edge of the network, known as the “last mile”, and considers the technological and economic features that drive and constrain its ongoing deployment and operation. In particular, by considering in detail the various technologies used in the delivery of network bandwidth to end-users, it is shown how the need to aggregate tra±c is a dominant design objective in the construction of edge networks and furthermore that the large-scale statistics of network topologies as a whole, including features such as overall node degree distribution, are dominated by the structural features at the network edge.

EPrint Type:	Monograph (Technical Report)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Internet topology, Internet Service Provider, network design, last mile.
Subjects:	All Records
ID Code:	53
Deposited By:	Dr. David Alderson
Deposited On:	31 August 2005
Unique Identifier:	CaltechCDSTR:2004.004
Official Persistent URL:	http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechCDSTR:2004.004
Official Citation:	Alderson, David L. (2004) Technological and Economic Drivers and Constraints in the Internet’s “Last Mile” Technical Report. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. [CaltechCDSTR:2004.004]
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