Internet Roads of Caucasus

Alexander Azimov

<aa@qrator.net>

The Caucasus

Glance from Outside: Russia

12389 RT 27%

31133 Megafon 28%

20870 Transtelecom

7%

39434 Dagestan

Tel 4%

47586 Business-

Svyaz 4%

8997 RT 3%

Other 27%

73 ASNs

TOP2: 55%

Glance from Outside: Armenia

8932 UCOM 34%

49800 GNC-Alfa 23%

12297 Armtel 11%

43733 K-telecom

8%

8226 ARMNICO 6%

Other 18%

55 ASNs

TOP2: 57%

Glance from Outside: Georgia

20771 Caucasus Online

40%

35805 SILKNET 32%

44327 Delta-NET 13%

34797 Systemnet

2%

62403 Disk Group

2% Other 11%

65 ASNs

TOP2: 72%

Glance from Outside: Azerbaijan

29049 Delta 66%

196925 Azertelecom

28%

Other 6%

41 ASNs

TOP2: 94%

Glance from Outside

What we can do:

• Detection of major ASNs in region;

• Reliability of single ASN/region.

What we can’t do:

• Study inner connectivity;

• Study delays.

Will RIPE Atlas Save the Day?

Data Source

Country № of ASNs № of BGP Sessions № of Atlas Probes

Russia 73 3 16

Armenia 55 0 21

Georgia 65 0 10

Azerbaijan 41 0 3

No money – no honey?

A Measurement

Atlas Probes

Live IP

RU - 16

AM - 21

GE - 10

AZ - 3

RU - 70

AM- 52

GE - 64

AZ - 37

Traceroute + Ping

95

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Expectation Latency

30ms

Expectation vs Reality

Latency Russia Armenia Georgia Azerbaijan

Russia 50ms 110ms 107ms 76ms

Armenia 113ms 23ms 110ms 121ms

Georgia 146ms 119ms 16ms 118ms

Azerbaijan 90ms 133ms 112ms 2ms

Slightly differs from expectations…

How it happened?

Localization Russia Armenia Georgia Azerbaijan

Russia 97% 58% 32% 89%

Armenia 45% 85% 16% 10%

Georgia 16% 15% 76% 2%

Azerbaijan 51% 0% 8% 90%

Expectation vs Reality

Latency Russia Armenia Georgia Azerbaijan

Russia 50ms 110ms 107ms 76ms

Armenia 113ms 23ms 110ms 121ms

Georgia 146ms 119ms 16ms 118ms

Azerbaijan 90ms 133ms 112ms 2ms

Russia: 50ms with 97% localization

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Lot of traffic goes through central Russia

‘Foreign’ Networks: ASNs

1299 Telia 19%

51531 DECIX 18%

3549 GBLX 17%

1200 AMSIX 9%

1200 LINX 9%

47872 Sofia

Connect 5%

6939 HE 2%

4436 GTT 2%

Other 19%

36% – EU IXes >50% – EU Upstreams

‘Foreign’ Networks: countries

DE 33%

BG 14% GB

12%

US 12%

NL 10%

IE 5%

LU 5%

SE 3%

UA 2%

Other 4%

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ENOG region

AVG Latency: 91ms Traffic Localization: 56%

Tomorrows roads depend on your today decisions!

… and

• Use RIPE Atlas!

• Establish BGP Multihop sessions!