Extension and evaluation of JXTA protocols for supporting reliable P2P distributed computing

Purpose: In any distributed application, the communication between the distributed processes/nodes of the distributed systems is essential for both reliability and efficiency matters. In this work we address this issue for distributed applications based on JXTA protocols aiming at extending and evaluating the protocols of the JXTA library for reliable P2P computing. Approach: After a careful examination of the current version of JXTA protocols, we observed the need for improving the original JXTA protocols such as pipe services to ensure reliable communication between nodes of the grid platform and the discovery and presence service to increase the performance of the applications Our approach is based in using a mixed P2P network based on broker peers and client peers architecture, which served as a basis to extend the JXTA protocols. Findings: The original JXTA protocols are extented/re-implemented to support the development of reliable P2P distributed applications.