In tree-based multicast systems, a relatively small number of interior nodes carry the load of
forwarding multicast messages. This works well when the interior nodes are highly …

In this paper, we develop simple models to study the performance of BitTorrent, a second
generation peer-to-peer (P2P) application. We first present a simple fluid model and study …

Peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing accounts for an astonishing volume of current Internet traffic.
This paper probes deeply into modern P2P file sharing systems and the forces that drive …

We study the'service capacity'of peer to peer (P2P) file sharing applications. We begin by
considering a transient regime which is key to capturing the ability of such systems to handle …

Existing studies on BitTorrent systems are single-torrent based, while more than 85% of all
peers participate in multiple torrents according to our trace analysis. In addition, these …

To distribute video and audio data in real-time streaming mode, two different technologies–
Content Distribution Network (CDN) and Peer-to-Peer (P2P)–have been proposed …

Although peer-to-peer networking applications continue to increase in popularity, there have
been few measurement studies of their performance. We present the first study of the locality …

P2P systems inherently have high scalability, robustness and fault tolerance because there
is no centralized server and the network self-organizes itself. This is achieved at the cost of …

This paper presents a performance study of BitTorrent-like P2P systems by modeling, based
on extensive measurements and trace analysis. Existing studies on BitTorrent systems are …

This paper characterizes the query behavior of peers in a peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing
system. In contrast to previous work, which provides various aggregate workload statistics …