Comments

This paper was presented at the Fourth Collaborative Research Symposium on Security, E-learning, Internet and Networking (SEIN 2008), 5-9 November 2008, which was held at Glyndwr University, Wrexham, UK. It was published by the University of Plymouth, and the symposium proceedings are available at http://www.cscan.org

Abstract

In this paper we examine how metrics impact route selection, looking at which metric(s) are selected and how these metrics are used to calculated cost. Examining multiple and dynamic metrics currently in use and looking toward a proposal of agent carrying dynamic metric information across an autonomous system.

Disciplines

Computer and Systems Architecture | Digital Communications and Networking | Hardware Systems | Systems and Communications

Recommended Citation

Houlden, N., Grout, V. & Picking, R., "The Evolution of Internet Routing Metrics and Cost Calculations", Proceedings of the Fourth Collaborative Research Symposium on Security, E-learning, Internet and Networking (SEIN 2008), 5-9 November 2008, Glyndwr University, Wrexham, UK, pp145-155.