The successful deployment of peer-to-peer (P2P) live video streaming systems has
practically demonstrated that it can scale to reliably support a large population of peers …

In its current art, peer-to-peer streaming solution has been mainly employed in the domain of
live event broadcasting. In such a paradigm, users are required to simultaneously participate …

Peer-to-peer (P2P) systems are becoming a popular means of streaming audio and video
content but they are prone to bandwidth starvation if selfish peers do not contribute …

During recent years, the Internet has witnessed a rapid growth in deployment of peer to peer
(P2P) based live media streaming systems. In this paper, we are motivated to investigate the …

Live peer-to-peer (P2P) streaming has become a promising approach to broadcasting non-
interactive streaming media content from a server to a large number of interested clients. It …

We proposes a novel payment-based incentive mechanism for peer-to-peer (P2P) live
media streaming. Using this approach, peers earn points by forwarding data to others; the …

We propose a rank-based peer-selection mechanism for peer-to-peer media streaming
systems. The mechanism provides incentives for cooperation through service differentiation …

We consider the design of an open P2P live-video streaming system. When designing a live
video system that is both open and P2P, the system must include mechanisms that …

Peer-to-Peer live streaming is a promising approach for providing large-scale live video
broadcasts on the Internet. In this paper we first discuss why a service provider needs to …

We design a test methodology to analyze in detail the video quality received at each peer in
a peer-to-peer (P2P) video streaming system. The metrics that we employ at each peer …