Media distribution through application-layer overlay networks has received considerable attention recently, owing to its flexibility and readily deployable nature. On-demand stre...
Characterizing the properties of peer-to-peer (P2P) overlay topologies in file-sharing applications is essential for understanding their impact on the network, identifying their ...
— In the paper, we consider the problem of distributing large-size content to a fixed set of nodes. In contrast with the most existing end-system solutions to this problem, Fast...
Abstract. End System Multicasting (ESM) is fast becoming a feasible alternative to IP multicasting. ESM approaches can be broadly classified into two main categories: (i) Tree firs...
Service and resource discovery has become an integral part of modern networked systems. In this survey we give an overview of the existing solutions for service and resource discov...