peering
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In computer networking, peering is a voluntary interconnection of administratively separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the "down-stream" users of each network. Peering is settlement-free, also known as "bill-and-keep" or "sender keeps all", meaning that neither party pays the other in association with the exchange of traffic; instead, each derives and retains revenue from its own customers.
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18 sectionsContents
- History
- How peering works
- Motivations for peering
- Physical interconnections for peering
- Public peering
- Private peering
- {{anchor|agreement|Agreement|Peering agreement|Handshake agreement|Contract agreement}}Peering agreement
- Depeering
- Modern peering
- Donut peering model
- Multilateral peering
- Peering locations
- Exchange points
- Peering and BGP
- Law and policy
- See also
- References
- External links
In computer networking, peering is a voluntary interconnection of administratively separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the "down-stream" users of each network. Peering is settlement-free, also known as "bill-and-keep" or "sender keeps all", meaning that neither party pays the other in association with the exchange of traffic; instead, each derives and retains revenue from its own customers.
An agreement by two or more networks to peer is instantiated by a physical interconnection of the networks, an exchange of routing information through the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), tacit agreement to norms of conduct and, in some extraordinarily rare cases (0.07%), a formalized contractual document.