Title
Classification Of Load Balancing In The Internet
Abstract
Recent advances in programmable data planes, software-defined networking, and the adoption of IPv6 support novel, more complex load balancing strategies. We introduce the Multipath Classification Algorithm (MCA), a probing algorithm that extends traceroute to identify and classify load balancing in Internet routes. MCA extends existing formalism and techniques to consider that load balancers may use arbitrary combinations of bits in the packet header for load balancing. We propose optimizations to reduce probing cost that are applicable to MCA and existing load balancing measurement techniques. Through large-scale measurement campaigns, we characterize and study the evolution of load balancing on the IPv4 and IPv6 Internet with multiple transport protocols. Our results show that load balancing is more prevalent and that load balancing strategies are more mature than previous characterizations have found.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1109/INFOCOM41043.2020.9155387
IEEE INFOCOM 2020 - IEEE CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS
DocType
ISSN
Citations 
Conference
0743-166X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Rafael Almeida1146.12
Ítalo Cunha233932.53
Renata Teixeira31636100.35
Darryl Veitch490384.47
Christophe Diot57831590.69