Centralized file-sharing networks have low reliability, scalability issues, and possess a
single point of failure, thus making peer-to-peer (P2P) networks an attractive alternative …

The past few years have witnessed the emergence of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems as a
means to further facilitate the formation of communities of interest over the Internet in all …

Peer-to peer (P2P) communication is a distributed centric architecture that divides tasks or
workloads between peers. Peers are equally favored, equipotent participators in the …

Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks have come out over several decades as an effective way for
distributed resources for communication and cooperation among nodes. Peer-to-peer …

The vision of ambient intelligence [1] is an environment that intelligently and unobtrusively
responds to the presence and interactions of human users. The typical ambient intelligence …

Abstract Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network systems are garnering acclaim due to their capability of
large-scale distributed information sharing. The increased use of P2P networks has exposed …

Peer-to-peer networking is a disruptive technology for large scale distributed app-cations
that has recently gained wide interest due to the successes of peer-to-peer (P2P) content …

Will peer-to-peer computing be the next killer Internet application? Like most over-hyped
concepts, P2P is loosely defined and covers a set of rather disparate ideas. Perhaps the …

The services provided through peer-to-peer (P2P) architecture involve the transmission of
text, images, documents, and multimedia. Especially the distribution of multimedia content …

Abstract—The popularity of P2P network paradigm due to the inadequacy of the traditional
client-server model to handle increasing exchange of resources amongst millions of users …