Abstract— BitTorrent is a widely deployed peer-to-peer protocol that provides scalable file sharing capabilities. While BitTorrent applications contribute to the demand for high...
Since December 2008, the official BitTorrent client is using a new congestion-control protocol for data transfer, implemented at the application layer and built over UDP at the tr...
In this paper we determine the optimal fraction c of the uplink channel capacity that should be dedicated to the contention channel in a DOCSIS cable network in order to minimize ...