Title :
The current state and likely evolution of the Internet
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs., Florham Park, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Surprisingly little is known about the Internet. Even such basic facts as the size of the networks that make up the Internet or the amount of traffic they carry are not available. This paper presents estimates of the main statistics about the size and growth of the Internet, as well as about utilization patterns. This data is then used to justify some speculative predictions about the likely evolution of data networks
Keywords :
Internet; telecommunication traffic; Internet evolution; Internet growth; Internet size; data networks evolution; statistics; traffic; utilization patterns; Aggregates; Bandwidth; Costs; Economic forecasting; IP networks; Internet; Local area networks; Protocols; Statistics; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1999. GLOBECOM '99
Conference_Location :
Rio de Janeireo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5796-5
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1999.832486
