DistVid : an examination of a distributed video streaming system

Despite the recent popularity of P2P file sharing strategies, on-demand video streaming have traditionally employed client-server type architectures or else multi-cast trees as the principle methods for multimedia delivery. However, as one may suspect, such systems have difficulties associated with the enormous cost when attempting the scale the system upwards to supprt more users. In light of the recent popularity of sites such as YouTube and Revver, a system that better utilizes existing infrastructure would be preferable. This thesis presents DistVid, a new protocol that was developed to combine the features of multi-cast trees and structured P2P overlays. The overall goal of this protocol is to provide a frame work for on-demand video streaming that is both resilient to failure and able to maximize available bandwidth. The work presented here will show that DistVid not only achieves this, but can also be employed to increase the efficiency of existing client-server systems or else replace them entirely.

An analysis of structured and unstructured P2P systems over MANET

Peer-to-peer or P2P file-sharing application on wireless ad hoc mobile network (MANET) has gained a lot of interest in the recent years. A peer-to-peer network is an overlay network that is deployed over ad hoc networks. Our work is analyzing two P2P systems over MANET. The systems evaluated are representing two distinct categories in terms of network topology such as unstructured and structured architectures. RAON or Resource-Aware Overlay Network, which is an improvement of an existent P2P system called Gia, is an unstructured system. CAN or Content-Addressable Network is an existent P2P system in the category of structured architectures. Based on the simulations of the two P2P systems over MANET, we evaluated the performance in terms of query search success rate and query search delay.

DistVid : an examination of a distributed video streaming system

Despite the recent popularity of P2P file sharing strategies, on-demand video streaming have traditionally employed client-server type architectures or else multi-cast trees as the principle methods for multimedia delivery. However, as one may suspect, such systems have difficulties associated with the enormous cost when attempting the scale the system upwards to supprt more users. In light of the recent popularity of sites such as YouTube and Revver, a system that better utilizes existing infrastructure would be preferable. This thesis presents DistVid, a new protocol that was developed to combine the features of multi-cast trees and structured P2P overlays. The overall goal of this protocol is to provide a frame work for on-demand video streaming that is both resilient to failure and able to maximize available bandwidth. The work presented here will show that DistVid not only achieves this, but can also be employed to increase the efficiency of existing client-server systems or else replace them entirely.

An analysis of structured and unstructured P2P systems over MANET

Peer-to-peer or P2P file-sharing application on wireless ad hoc mobile network (MANET) has gained a lot of interest in the recent years. A peer-to-peer network is an overlay network that is deployed over ad hoc networks. Our work is analyzing two P2P systems over MANET. The systems evaluated are representing two distinct categories in terms of network topology such as unstructured and structured architectures. RAON or Resource-Aware Overlay Network, which is an improvement of an existent P2P system called Gia, is an unstructured system. CAN or Content-Addressable Network is an existent P2P system in the category of structured architectures. Based on the simulations of the two P2P systems over MANET, we evaluated the performance in terms of query search success rate and query search delay.

IOTA-BT: A P2P File-Sharing System Based on IOTA

BitTorrent (BT) is the most popular peer-to-peer file-sharing system. According to official BT information, more than 100 million active users use BT for file transfers every month. However, BT mainly relies on either a central tracker (tracker) or distributed hash table (DHT) for locating file seeders while it runs a risk of a single point of failure or cyber-attacks such as Sybil and Eclipses. To attack this problem, we proposed a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file-sharing system called IOTA-BT by integrating BitTorrent with IOTA in this paper. The advantages of IOTA over blockchain include scalability for high throughput, compatibility with Internet of Things (IoT) footprints, zero transaction fees, partition-tolerant, and quantum-resistant cryptography. The autopeering and neighbor selection of the Coordicide of IOTA is aimed at defending a Sybil or Eclipse attack. IOTA-BT inherits these advantages from IOTA. Moreover, our experimental results have shown that the cost of executing BT functions, such as releasing torrent files and retrieving seeder information on IOTA-BT, is acceptable for improving the security of BT. IOTA-BT can indeed efficiently provide users with a P2P file-sharing environment of higher security.

Survey of Network Coding Based P2P File Sharing in Large Scale Networks

Peer-to-peer (P2P) content distribution and file sharing systems aim to facilitate the dissemination of large files over unreliable networks. Network coding is a transmission technique that has captured the interest of researchers because of its ability to increase throughput and robustness of the network, and decrease the download time. In this survey paper, we extensively summarize, assess, compare, and classify the most recently used techniques to improve P2P content distribution systems performance using network coding. To the best of our knowledge, this survey is the first comprehensive survey that specifically focuses on the performance of network coding based P2P file sharing systems.

Survey of Network Coding Based P2P File Sharing in Large Scale Networks

Peer-to-peer (P2P) content distribution or file sharing system aims to facilitate the dissemination of large files over unreliable networks. Network coding is a new transmission technique that has captured the interest of researchers because of its ability to increase throughput and robustness of the network, and decrease the download time. In this survey paper, we extensively summarize, assess, compare, and classify the most recently used techniques to improve P2P content distribution systems performance using network coding. To the best of our knowledge, this survey is the first comprehensive survey that specifically focuses on the performance of network coding based P2P file sharing systems.