Characterization of BitTorrent swarms and their distribution in the Internet

Computer Networks

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1197-1215

  Hoßfeld, Tobias ^a   Lehrieder, Frank ^a   Hock, David ^a   Oechsner, Simon ^a   Despotovic, Zoran ^b   Kellerer, Wolfgang ^b   Michel, Maximilian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b DOCOMO EURO LABS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Application layer traffic optimization; BitTorrent; Measurements

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION LAYERS; AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; BITTORRENT; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; OVERLAY TRAFFIC; RESEARCH INITIATIVES; STATISTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SWARM SIZE; TRAFFIC OPTIMIZATION; WORKING GROUPS;

INTERNET;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79952454946     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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