Modeling Unavailability in Peer-to-Peer Systems

Authors

DS Menasche
AAD Rocha
B Li
D Towsley
A Venkataramani

Publication Date

2009

Journal or Book Title

IEEE INFOCOM 2009 - IEEE CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS WORKSHOPS

Abstract

In this paper we model peer-to-peer systems where content may become unavailable. First, using Markov Chains we capture the impact of parameters such as the server upload rate and the popularity of the files on the performance of the system. Then, we show the applicability of our model to the problem of optimal bundling. Bundling files together, rather than disseminating them separately, is a possible solution to improve availability in BitTorrent.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1109/INFCOMW.2009.5072166

Pages

375-376

Recommended Citation

Menasche, DS; Rocha, AAD; Li, B; Towsley, D; and Venkataramani, A, "Modeling Unavailability in Peer-to-Peer Systems" (2009). IEEE INFOCOM 2009 - IEEE CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS WORKSHOPS. 1117.
https://doi.org/10.1109/INFCOMW.2009.5072166