We present a token-based accounting mechanism that alleviates the free riding problem in
P2P networks. The approach is complemented by distributed pricing as a flexible and viable …

In recent years, the rapid growth of peer-to-peer (P2P) networks has provided a new
paradigm for content distribution. To improve the efficiency of a P2P system, it is important to …

Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks are self-organizing, distributed systems, with no centralized
authority or infrastructure. Because of the voluntary participation, the availability of resources …

From file-sharing to mobile ad-hoc networks, community networking to application layer
overlays, the peer-to-peer networking paradigm promises to revolutionize the way we …

Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing offers new research challenges in the domain of distributed
computing. Encouraging peers to collaborate in file-sharing has been widely investigated …

Incentive mechanisms are essential components of peer-to-peer systems for file sharing
such as BitTorrent, since they enforce peers to share their resources and to participate …

Most peer-to-peer (P2P) systems assume that all peers are cooperating for the benefit of the
community. However in practice, there is a significant portion of peers who leech resources …

In P2P file-sharing systems, incentives to motivate peers to provide their files are essential.
The objective of this paper is to enable the peers to get service differentiation in a P2P …

Despite their large success, file sharing and peer to peer systems are used mainly for illegal
actions, such as violations of author's copyright. Many commercial proposals have been …

We consider the problem of fair resource sharing to optimize the performance of resource
sharing in peer to peer systems. Resource sharing systems currently face rational peers …