Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks have been one of the most promising platforms to realize the potential of network coding, since end hosts (referred to as peers) at the edge of the Internet have abundant computational resources with modern processors. In this chapter, we take a journey into the application world of network coding in P2P networks, with a focus on two important applications: content d...

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) applications have become highly popular in today’s Internet due to the spread of file sharing platforms such as KaZaa, eDonkey, and BitTorrent. P2P technologies have emerged from disruptive, grey-scale applications to developments of business-cases. In this paper we investigate the diffusion behavior in an eDonkey-like system. We use nonstationary simulation techniques to inv...

P2P systems are designed for the sharing of computer resources by direct exchange and they are characterized by their ability to adapt to failures and accommodate transient populations of peers while maintaining acceptable connectivity and performance. This paper examines the peer-to-peer file sharing infrastructure by focusing on a content delivery system: the eMule application based on the eD...

With the development of smart home energy management technology, prosumers are endowed with increased initiative in peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions, bringing new potential for cost savings. In this study, a novel strategic P2P trading framework is proposed considering impact network constraints on personal transaction strategies. Prosumers can estimate allowed power injection before engaging tr...

The development of next generation Embedded Peer-To-Peer Systems raises a number of challenging issues for pervasive computing. In this paper we overview the objectives of the ongoing European SMEPP (Secure Middleware for Embedded Peer-To-Peer) project. In particular we discuss different types of requirements that have been identified in SMEPP.

Content delivery for front-line staff is difficult to handle adequately in a large-scaled organization. Existing P2P methods have been utilized for delivering contents between peers passively. However, such P2P approaches have a problem about network congestion. That is, P2P approaches are easy to cause outbound traffic of a peer congested, because of large quantity of unmanaged passive connect...

Using Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technology for distributing Television programs to many viewers simultaneously can only be successful if users cooperate voluntarily and massively. The current BitTorrent protocol only enforces instantaneous bandwidth exchange within the context of one video file. We explore ways to induce user cooperation flexible over time and over type of resources. Essential resourc...

Abstracl Distributing digiwl media contents to a large number of users in a cost-effective manner is a challenging task for the content provider. Traditionally, the content provider either deploys a set of high capaciry servers or contracts a content delivery network (CDN) to transport contents to users. The first approach requires a significant investment to set up and administer the servers. ...

In mobile ad-hoc peer-to-peer (M-P2P) networks, a large percentage of the mobile peers typically do not provide any service to the network, thereby motivating incentive schemes for enticing non-cooperative mobile peers to provide service. We propose ABIDE, a novel bid-based economic incentive model for enticing non-cooperative mobile peers to provide service in M-P2P networks. The main contribu...

We assess the potential of network motif profiles to characterize networks in much the same way that a bag-of-words strategy allows text documents to be compared in a vector space framework. This work was originally published in [1].This is potentially valuable as a generic strategy for comparing networks, particularly ego networks, in structural terms. The basic strategy is shown in Figure 1. ...