Toronto Networking Seminar
Organized by Department of Computer Science and
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
On the Efficiency of Address Assignment in the Internet
Ken Calvert
Department of Computer Science
University of Kentucky
Date: Friday, September 12, 2pm
Location: BA 1220
Abstract:
For more than three decades, hierarchical topology-based addressing has been
considered key to routing scalability. As interest turns to "clean-slate"
Internetwork designs, however, other paradigms are being considered. In
addition, multihoming and other routing trends are raising concerns about
scalability in the global routing system. The question therefore arises
regarding the effectiveness of the current address assignment. We propose a
definition of "efficiency" for address assignment and apply it to the present
interdomain graph of the Internet, in an attempt to answer that and other
questions.
Bio:
Ken Calvert is Professor and Chairman in the Department of Computer Science at
the University of Kentucky. His research deals with the design and
implementation of advanced network protocols and services. Current research
interests include novel approaches to addressing, routing and forwarding;
human-centered networking for the home; and lightweight network
programmability. He is one of the developers of the GT-ITM Internet topology
modeling tool. Dr. Calvert was an associate editor of IEEE/ACM Transactions on
Networking from 1999 to 2005. From 1979 to 1984 he was a Member of Technical
Staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Holmdel, NJ, and from 1991 to 1998 he
was a faculty member in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. Dr. Calvert
holds degrees from MIT, Stanford, and the University of Texas at Austin.
Host of the talk
Jörg Liebeherr (jorg@comm.toronto.edu)
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