RIPGeo: Robust Street-Level IP Geolocation

IP geolocation refers to the process of determining the geographic locations of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, which is important for mobile computing and spatial data management. Despite extensive research efforts, a client-independent geolocation service with high accuracy and reliability has not yet been developed. This paper presents a graph neural network (GNN) model, dubbed RIPGeo, for robust street-level IP geolocation. Three factors that affect data quality are identified, and the importance of considering data quality in algorithm development is emphasized. Two novel self-supervised perturbational training strategies are proposed to enhance the generalization and robustness of the model. A multi-task learning framework is introduced to solve the homogenized representation problem caused by perturbational training, demonstrating much more efficiency than prevailing solutions. Theoretical analysis and experimental results demonstrate the superiority of our framework in significantly improving the accuracy and stability of street-level IP geolocation.