This paper develops analytic models that characterize the behavior of on-demand stored media content delivery using BitTorrent-like protocols. The models capture the effects of di...
Nadim Parvez, Carey L. Williamson, Anirban Mahanti...
Searching in decentralized peer-to-peer networks is a challenging problem. In common applications such as Gnutella, searching is performed by randomly forwarding queries to all pee...
The paper has two objectives. The first is to study rigorously the transient behavior of some P2P networks where information is replicated and disseminated according to an epidemic...
Eitan Altman, Philippe Nain, Adam Shwartz, Yuedong...
In peer-to-peer overlay for video broadcast, peers contribute a portion of the bandwidth to the overlay in return for the service. In the presence of network heterogeneity, it is ...
Scalable resource discovery services form the core of directory and other middleware services. Scalability requirements preclude centralized solutions. The need to have directory ...