Publication detail

Estimation of Internet Node Location by Latency Measurements - The Underestimation Problem

KOMOSNÝ, D. VOZŇÁK, M. KATHIRAVELU, G. SATHU, H.

Original Title

Estimation of Internet Node Location by Latency Measurements - The Underestimation Problem

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

In this paper we deal with discovering a geographic location of a node in the Internet. Knowledge of location is a fundamental element for many location based applications and web services. We focus on location finding without any assistance of the node being located - client-independent estimation. We estimate a location using communication latency measurements between nodes in the Internet. The latency measured is converted into a geographic distance which is used to derive a location by the multilateration (triangulation) principle. We analyse the latency-to-distance conversion with a consideration of location underestimation which is a product of multilateration failure. We demonstrate that location underestimations do not appear in experimental conditions. However with a real-world scenario, a number of devices cannot be located due to underestimations. Finally, we propose a modification to reduce the number of underestimations in real-world scenarios.

Keywords

geographical; location; geolocation; IP address; Internet; latency; measurement; multilateration; triangulation; PlanetLab

Authors

KOMOSNÝ, D.; VOZŇÁK, M.; KATHIRAVELU, G.; SATHU, H.

Released

6. 10. 2015

Publisher

Kaunas University of Technology

ISBN

1392-124X

Periodical

Information Technology and Control

Year of study

44

Number

3

State

Republic of Lithuania

Pages from

279

Pages to

286

Pages count

8

URL

https://itc.ktu.lt/index.php/ITC/article/view/8353

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/201050

BibTex

@article{BUT141090,
  author="Dan {Komosný} and Miroslav {Vozňák} and Kathiravelu {Ganeshan} and Hira {Sathu}",
  title="Estimation of Internet Node Location by Latency Measurements - The Underestimation Problem",
  journal="Information Technology and Control",
  year="2015",
  volume="44",
  number="3",
  pages="279--286",
  doi="10.5755/j01.itc.44.3.8353",
  issn="1392-124X",
  url="https://itc.ktu.lt/index.php/ITC/article/view/8353"
}