Research Article

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

Table 5

Number of modules in each CL.

Year CL1 CL2 CL3 CL4 CL5 CL6

2000 26 255 812 529 71 0
2002 37 384 1215 881 131 6
2004 43 462 1526 1173 208 6
2006 40 479 1883 1562 299 4
2008 40 508 2437 2088 389 6
2010 42 490 2795 2641 438 2
2012 51 578 3153 3181 638 12