Computer Science – Networking and Internet Architecture
Scientific paper
2005-03-31
Computer Science
Networking and Internet Architecture
4 pages, 4 figures, included in conference proceedings ISCAS 2005, Kobe Japan
Scientific paper
This paper is concerned with the characterization of the relationship between topology and traffic dynamics. We use a model of network generation that allows the transition from random to scale free networks. Specifically, we consider three different topological types of network: random, scale-free with \gamma = 3, scale-free with \gamma = 2. By using a novel LRD traffic generator, we observe best performance, in terms of transmission rates and delivered packets, in the case of random networks. We show that, even if scale-free networks are characterized by shorter characteristic-path- length (the lower the exponent, the lower the path-length), they show worst performances in terms of communication. We conjecture this could be explained in terms of changes in the load distribution, defined here as the number of shortest paths going through a given vertex. In fact, that distribu- tion is characterized by (i) a decreasing mean (ii) an increas- ing standard deviation, as the networks becomes scale-free (especially scale-free networks with low exponents). The use of a degree-independent server also discriminates against a scale-free structure. As a result, since the model is un- controlled, most packets will go through the same vertices, favoring the onset of congestion.
Arrowsmith David
Bernardo Mario di
Sorrentino Francesco
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