Paper
Fluid Theory for HierarchicalP2P StreamingNetworks
- Authors:
- Bartosz Polaczyk; Piotr Cholda
- Abstract
- The paper extends the well-known fluid model derived by Kumar et al. for Peer-to-Peer (P2P) streaming systems mainly by taking into account such practical aspects like: hetero-geneity of resources, limitation of server capacity, hierarchical structure of an underlying network and mesh topology of an overlay. The mathematical analysis on the maximum streaming rate that can be achieved is presented. The algorithmic steps to achieve a universal streaming under various system parameters are proposed. In addition, a proof that the universal video distribution streaming rate, which is achievable under such circumstances, is given. Specifically, by using the fluid model, it is shown how the server allocates its bandwidth to each peer in the system, and how each peer divides its limited upload bandwidth to its local neighbors and global peers.
- Keywords
- Fluid Theory; Peer-to-Peer (P2P); Performane Evaluation; Overlays; Reliability
- StartPage
- 202
- EndPage
- 221
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