Xunlei: Peer-Assisted Download Acceleration on a Massive Scale

Abstract. We take a close look at Xunlei, an enormously popular download acceleration application in China. Xunlei forms a complex ecosystem, with Xunlei peers extensively interacting with independent HTTP and FTP servers, cyberlockers (such as megaupload and hotfile), the BitTorrent and eDonkey file-sharing systems, as well as with other Xunlei peers. After performing a protocol analysis on Xunlei, we develop a comprehensive measurement infrastructure, enabling us to gain new insights into the scale of content, swarm sizes, and several unique characteristics of the system mechanisms in Xunlei.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2012
• Where: PAM
• Authors: Prithula Dhungel, Keith W. Ross, Moritz Steiner, Ye Tian, Xiaojun Hei
• Keywords: Computer Networks, Measurement Infrastructure, PAM 2012, Protocol Analysis, System Mechanisms