The client–server architecture is still popular due to its high predictable service and
performance. However, it is not bandwidth scalable. An alternative setup for Internet video …

This paper introduces the piece selection problem that arises when streaming layered video
content over peer-to-peer networks. The piece selection algorithm decides periodically …

Peer-to-peer networks are self-organised communities over the internet infrastructure, in
which peers are both clients and servers. The global resources of a peer-to-peer network …

Peer-to-peer networks are strongly based on cooperation. The users, called peers,
communicate basically in a three-level based policy. In the first one, peers discover others …

Peer-to-peer (P2P) video systems provide a cost-effective way for a large number of hosts to
collaborate for video sharing. Two features characterize such a system: 1) a video is usually …

Previous work indicates that more cooperation is needed between peers for peer-to-peer
(P2P) media streaming application than files sharing. That implies it is important to select …

The success of peer to peer file sharing protocols such as BitTorrent and Gnutella make
peer to peer networks an attractive alternative for implementing media streaming services …

We propose a service differentiated peer selection mechanism for peer-to-peer media
streaming systems. The mechanism provides flexibility and choice in peer selection to the …

Peer-to-peer (P2P) media streaming quickly emerges as an important application over the
Internet. A plethora of approaches have been suggested and implemented to support P2P …

Any Peer-to-Peer (P2P) streaming system consists of two distinct but related components:
overlay construction and piece scheduling. Besides building an efficient overlay structure for …