E2E performance based AS-level internet modeling

A model of Internet is useful in simulation, network performance evaluation and planning. However, any model that tries to describe Internet must handle its large scale and heterogeneity. Since Internet can be regarded as composed of Autonomous System (AS for short), in this paper an E2E Performance based AS-level Internet Model (PAM for short) is proposed. In order to achieve scalability, PAM describes Internet on the basis of AS-level network. In order to alleviate heterogeneity, E2E performance is used to describe AS-level network. Basic structure and implementation details of PAM are described. The model is validated through simulation, and potential applications of PAM are discussed.