Bandwidth trading in BitTorrent-like P2P networks for content distribution

Computer Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-211

  Eger, Kolja ^a   Killat, Ulrich ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

BitTorrent; Content distribution; Fairness; Incentive schemes; Peer to Peer; Resource Pricing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION;

BITTORRENT; CONTENT DISTRIBUTION; INCENTIVE SCHEMES; NASH EQUILIBRIUM; RESOURCE PRICING;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 38149111267     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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