Characterizing the file hosting ecosystem: A view from the edge

Performance Evaluation

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1085-1102

  Mahanti, Aniket ^a   Williamson, Carey ^a   Carlsson, Niklas ^b   Arlitt, Martin ^a,c   Mahanti, Anirban ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Content distribution; File hosting services; Internet measurement; Peer to peer; Performance

Indexed keywords

CONTENT DISTRIBUTION; FILE HOSTING SERVICES; INTERNET MEASUREMENT; PEER TO PEER; PERFORMANCE;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS;

HTTP;

EID: 80053372168     PISSN: 01665316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peva.2011.07.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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