Exploring the robustness of BitTorrent peer-to-peer content distribution systems

Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-189

  Liogkas, Nikitas ^a,b   Nelson, Robert ^a   Kohler, Eddie ^a   Zhang, Lixia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Bittorrent; Exploits; Free riding; Robustness; Selfish

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF SERVICE; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

BIT TORRENTS; EXPLOITS; FAIR SHARE; FREE RIDING; PEER-TO-PEER CONTENT DISTRIBUTIONS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SELFISH; SYSTEM'S QUALITY;

PEER TO PEER NETWORKS;

EID: 56849093950     PISSN: 15320626     EISSN: 15320634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpe.1187     Document Type: Article

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