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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461450403321

Autore

Kwok Yu-Kwong Ricky

Titolo

Peer-to-peer computing : applications, architecture, protocols, and challenges / / Yu-Kwong Ricky Kwok

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, , 2012

ISBN

0-429-09237-7

1-283-31151-8

9786613311511

1-4398-0935-6

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Collana

Chapman & Hall/CRC computational science series

Disciplina

004.6/52

Soggetti

Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks)

Computer network architectures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A Chapman & Hall book.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. P2P Applications; 3. P2P Network Architectures; 4. Topology Control; 5. Incentives; 6. Trust; 7. Security Issues; 8. Conclusions; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

While people are now using peer-to-peer (P2P) applications for various processes, such as file sharing and video streaming, many research and engineering issues still need to be tackled in order to further advance P2P technologies. Peer-to-Peer Computing: Applications, Architecture, Protocols, and Challenges provides comprehensive theoretical and practical coverage of the major features of contemporary P2P systems and examines the obstacles to further success.Setting the stage for understanding important research issues in P2P systems, the book first introduces various P2P network architectures. It then details the topology control research problem as well as existing technologies for handling topology control issues. The author describes novel and interesting incentive schemes for enticing peers to cooperate and explores recent innovations on trust issues. He also examines security problems in a P2P network. The final chapter addresses the future state



of the field. Throughout the text, the highly popular P2P IPTV application, PPLive, is used as a case study to illustrate the practical aspects of the concepts covered.Addressing the unique challenges of P2P systems, this book presents practical applications of recent theoretical results in P2P computing. It also stimulates further research on critical issues, including performance and security problems--