Research Article

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

Table 8

The average number of ASes in a module derived by the Infomap method.

Year CL1 CL2 CL3

2000 18.34 10.33 4
2002 18.1 9.16 5.95
2004 20.31 10.56 7.66
2006 20.34 10.87 4.52
2008 21.26 10.74 4.83
2010 20.26 10.91 17.67
2012 21.1 10.67 6.03