Exploring Possible Strategies for Competitions between Autonomous Systems

Lei  Li; Changjia Chen

2nd International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

Exploring Possible Strategies for Competitions between Autonomous Systems

Cite: BibTeX Plain Text

@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/CHINACOM.2007.4469363,
    author={Lei  Li and Changjia Chen},
    title={Exploring Possible Strategies for Competitions between Autonomous Systems},
    proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
    year={2008},
    month={3},
    keywords={AS path prepending  BGP  prefix hijacking  routing policies},
    doi={10.1109/CHINACOM.2007.4469363}
}

Lei Li
Changjia Chen
Year: 2008
Exploring Possible Strategies for Competitions between Autonomous Systems
CHINACOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CHINACOM.2007.4469363

Lei Li¹^,*, Changjia Chen¹^,*

1: Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing, China

*Contact email: leili_china@yahoo.com.cn, changjiachen@sina.com.cn

Abstract

Autonomous Systems (ASes) in the Internet structure are administrated by separate economic entities. They often meet direct or indirect competitions with each other when providing transit services to the same customer that is multihomed to them. In this paper, we explore the possibilities to enhance one’s competition strength against other rivals by juggling AS path, length of which is a metric for path selection, in reachability information advertised to neighbors without violating routing safety. We also evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies on a real Internet topology. It shows valuable use for network operators to get more market share and financial gains from multihomed customers.

Keywords: AS path prepending BGP prefix hijacking routing policies

Published: 2008-03-07
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2011-07-17

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CHINACOM.2007.4469363