Title
Topology discovery using path interference
Abstract
We consider the problem of inferring the topology of a network using the measurements available at the end nodes, without cooperation from the internal nodes. To this end, we provide a simple method to obtain path interference which identifies whether two paths in the network intersect with each other. Using this information, we formulate the topology inference problem as an integer program and develop polynomial time algorithms to solve it optimally for networks with tree and ring topologies. Finally, we use the insight developed from these algorithms to develop a heuristic for identifying general topologies. Simulation results show that our heuristic outperforms a recently proposed algorithm that uses distance measurements for topology discovery.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.23919/IFIPNetworking46909.2019.8999395
2019 IFIP Networking Conference (IFIP Networking)
Keywords
DocType
Volume
end nodes,internal nodes,path interference,network intersect,topology inference problem,integer program,polynomial time algorithms,tree,ring topologies,general topologies,distance measurements,topology discovery
Journal
abs/1903.07118
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1571-5736
978-1-7281-3671-4
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
9
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Anurag Rai1182.55
Eytan Modiano23714314.44