Network selection using fuzzy logic

—The peer-to-peer technology offers many advantages, but at the same time, it poses many novel challenges for the research community. Modern peer-to-peer systems are characterized by large scale, poor reliability, and extreme dynamism of the participating nodes, with a continuous flow of nodes joining and leaving the systems. Selection of an optimal network requires estimation of its rank using attributes such as storage, average load, cost, reliability etc. There are multiple networks, each vying for users business by providing them novel services. The user in turn has to decide which network best meets its service requirements and accordingly join a network. In this paper, we propose a model with two ranking schemes, one being network-specific and the other user-specific. The schemes use fuzzy logic to rank different networks based on their attributes. The difference between the two ranking schemes lie in the dynamism offered by them. The user-specific ranking criteria is flex...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: BROADNETS
• Authors: Shubha Kher, Arun K. Somani, Rohit Gupta
• Keywords: BROADNETS 2005, Modern Peer-to-peer Systems, Network-specific Scheme, Ranking Schemes