... nodes connected to the most popular node. The diameter from the most popular node to others is oneand the diameter between any two nodes except the mostpopular node is two, therefore the average ... meaningful. The other metric, S, is definedas the ratio of the number of nodes in the giant connectedcomponent divided by the total number of nodes. One mightnotice the different characteristics of the ... insight into the evolution of the Internet, maybe used to predict how the Internet will evolve in the future,and may be used to create improved network models.II. PREVIOUS WORKNetwork topology...