An architecture for stable, analyzable Internet routing
Ramesh Govindan, Cengiz Alaettinoğlu, Gregory Eddy, D. Kessens, S. Arun Kumar, W.C. Lee · IEEE Network · 1999
In today's Internet, individuals, campuses, and organizations obtain IP connectivity from transit providers. Internet interprovider routing is governed by bilateral traffic exchange agreements between providers. Such independently established policies can adversely impact the stability and analyzability of Internet routing. We describe an architecture for coordinating Internet routing policies. This architecture allows providers to publish high-level specifications of their policies, and to analyze the effects of their policies on Internet routing. Several pieces of the architecture have been implemented and are in production use; we also discuss the experiences gleaned from these deployments.