An analysis of the Skype peer-to-peer internet telephony protocol

Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Baset, Salman A ^a   Schulzrinne, Henning G ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALL ESTABLISHMENT; FIREWALL TRAVERSAL; TCP CONNECTION; VOIP CLIENT;

COMPUTER SYSTEM FIREWALLS; DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TELECONFERENCING;

INTERNET TELEPHONY;

EID: 33750309882     PISSN: 0743166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOM.2006.312     Document Type: Conference Paper

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