Analysis of Internet Traffic in Ecuador
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of Internet traffic growth and behavior in Ecuador over five years, focusing on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on this trend. This period allows us to analyze the behavior of the Internet before, during, and after the pandemic from a quantitative poi...
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| description | This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of Internet traffic growth and behavior in Ecuador over five years, focusing on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on this trend. This period allows us to analyze the behavior of the Internet before, during, and after the pandemic from a quantitative point of view, given that a study related to this topic has not been presented in the country in recent years. This study examines the fundamental concepts of autonomous systems (AS) and Internet exchange points. AEPROVI (Association of Internet Service Providers, Value-added Services, Carriers, and Information Technologies) provides the data for traffic analysis. This data has allowed us to analyze the distribution of assigned and utilized IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, local prefix exchanges of major AS, and bit rate capacities used by major Internet Service Providers. In addition, this study investigates how the pandemic increased the demand for virtual education and telework, resulting in an unanticipated surge in Internet traffic that placed additional burdens on existing infrastructure. The paper also highlights how ISPs responded by increasing the capacity of their links, resulting in a significant increase in the bit rate (throughput) used during the study period. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45f5c1958f354cd6ac300f1de1a523312023-11-21T00:00:56ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362023-01-011112636512638510.1109/ACCESS.2023.333160910313312Analysis of Internet Traffic in EcuadorDavid Ponce0https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0178-8928Christian Tipantuna1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8655-325XCristian Espinosa2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2920-8991Departmento de Electrónica, Telecomunicaciones y Redes de Información (DETRI), Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, EcuadorDepartmento de Electrónica, Telecomunicaciones y Redes de Información (DETRI), Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, EcuadorAsociación de Empresas Proveedoras de Servicios de Internet, Valor Agregado, Portadores y Tecnologías de la Información (AEPROVI), Quito, EcuadorThis paper presents a comprehensive analysis of Internet traffic growth and behavior in Ecuador over five years, focusing on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on this trend. This period allows us to analyze the behavior of the Internet before, during, and after the pandemic from a quantitative point of view, given that a study related to this topic has not been presented in the country in recent years. This study examines the fundamental concepts of autonomous systems (AS) and Internet exchange points. AEPROVI (Association of Internet Service Providers, Value-added Services, Carriers, and Information Technologies) provides the data for traffic analysis. This data has allowed us to analyze the distribution of assigned and utilized IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, local prefix exchanges of major AS, and bit rate capacities used by major Internet Service Providers. In addition, this study investigates how the pandemic increased the demand for virtual education and telework, resulting in an unanticipated surge in Internet traffic that placed additional burdens on existing infrastructure. The paper also highlights how ISPs responded by increasing the capacity of their links, resulting in a significant increase in the bit rate (throughput) used during the study period.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10313312/Internet trafficASNCOVID-19IXPISPs |
| spellingShingle | David Ponce Christian Tipantuna Cristian Espinosa Analysis of Internet Traffic in Ecuador IEEE Access Internet traffic ASN COVID-19 IXP ISPs |
| title | Analysis of Internet Traffic in Ecuador |
| title_full | Analysis of Internet Traffic in Ecuador |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of Internet Traffic in Ecuador |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of Internet Traffic in Ecuador |
| title_short | Analysis of Internet Traffic in Ecuador |
| title_sort | analysis of internet traffic in ecuador |
| topic | Internet traffic ASN COVID-19 IXP ISPs |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10313312/ |
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