Archipelago Monitor Statistics
Archipelago (Ark): CAIDA's active measurement infrastructure serving the network research community since 2007.
Statistical information for the topology traces taken by this individual Ark monitor is displayed below. See the main statistics page for the full list of monitors
cys-us
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Cheyenne, WY, US (101)
CCDF of AS path lengths for responding destinations
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| percentile |
10th |
25th |
50th |
75th |
90th |
Max |
| AS path length |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
11 |
Use the following link to download the data used to render this graph in ASCII, comma-separated values format here: (
CSV output)
Description
This graph shows the complementary cumulative distribution function (CCDF)
of AS path lengths (number of Autonomous Systems) to a destination that
responds to probing.
Motivation
By showing the distribution of AS path lengths to all responding
destinations, we can get a sense of how closely connected a monitor is to
the 'core' of the Internet.
Background
The complementary cumulative distribution function shows the fraction of
collected data points that are greater than a given value. This is
backwards from how percentiles are given, as those show the percentage
lower than a given value. On this graph, you would find the 80th
percentile at the 0.2 Y value. The AS path length is defined as the number
of ASes a probe transits to reach the destination from the Ark monitor.
These values are only used when a response has been received from the
destination. In other words, incomplete paths are ignored for the purposes
of determining AS path length.
Analysis
Because most AS path lengths fall within a relatively short range, the CCDF
graphs will tend to have a sharp drop off around the median. A lower
median value of AS path length likely indicates that a monitor is closer to
tier 1 or tier 2 providers, as it doesn't have to go through many ASes to
reach its destinations.
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