Analyzing the Evolution and the Future of the Internet Topology Focusing on Flow Hierarchy

Table 1

Number of ASes, links, and AS paths in the Internet topology.

	June 15, 2000	June 15, 2004	June 15, 2008	November 15, 2013
# of ASes	8,162	18,015	29,320	45,980
# of links	17,533	40,205	64,305	105,540
# of AS paths	299,434	1,108,704	1,901,745	3,136,820