A measurement study of internet services in Jordan: A case study

Abstract

Internet measurements are required to obtain statistics and insights of how applications, services and protocols are operating over the Internet. These insights and statistics are utilized to reveal operational and functional issues, predict the Internet future and propose new services and protocol to enhance Internet operation. In this work, a case study of Internet measurement in Jordan will be demonstrated. The case study aims to gain insights of the web hosting process, IP addresses, autonomous system (AS) paths and country paths between clients in Jordan and DotJO websites. To facilitate the conducted measurement process, a list of all DotJo websites has been crawled. Subsequently, trace-route, IP-to-AS and AS-to-Country processes have been utilized. Our results show that more P2P relationships have to be deployed in the country to reduce AS paths and enhance QoS. Moreover, local hosting of DotJo websites should be encouraged to enhance the ICT field in Jordan.