Competition and adaptation in an Internet evolution model

We model the evolution of the Internet at the autonomous system level as a process of competition for users and adaptation of bandwidth capability. From a weighted network formalism, where both nodes and links are weighted, we find the exponent of the degree distribution as a simple function of the...

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Autores: Serrano Moral, Ma. Ángeles (María Ángeles), Boguñá, Marián, Díaz Guilera, Albert
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/141720
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/141720
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Internet
Sistemes productius locals
Industrial clusters
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Resumo:We model the evolution of the Internet at the autonomous system level as a process of competition for users and adaptation of bandwidth capability. From a weighted network formalism, where both nodes and links are weighted, we find the exponent of the degree distribution as a simple function of the growth rates of the number of autonomous systems and connections in the Internet, both empirically measurable quantities. Our approach also accounts for a high level of clustering as well as degree-degree correlations, both with the same hierarchical structure present in the real Internet. Further, it also highlights the interplay between bandwidth, connectivity, and traffic of the network.