Evaluating the effects of peer localization on a BitTorrent-based P2P video-on-demand network

Author

Quevedo, Gene Paul L. ; Ocampo, Roel M. ; Festin, Cedric Angelo M.

Author_Institution

Comput. Networks Lab., Univ. of the Philippines, Diliman, Philippines

fYear

2012

fDate

19-22 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Video-on-demand (VoD) is a rapidly growing method for viewing and sharing video content over the Internet. However, video on demand consumes a significant amount of bandwidth, forcing content publishers and content delivery networks to examine approaches such as the use of peer-to-peer (P2P) technologies to assist in video distribution. We study the performance impact of a peer localization strategy aimed at limiting traffic exchanges between autonomous systems such as Internet service providers (ISPs) in a P2P VoD setup. Our findings suggest that peer localization may improve streaming performance while reducing network traffic crossing autonomous systems, potentially benefitting both users and providers, respectively.

Keywords

Internet; peer-to-peer computing; telecommunication traffic; video on demand; BitTorrent-based P2P video-on-demand network; Internet service providers; P2P VoD setup; VoD; network traffic; peer localization strategy; peer-to-peer technologies; traffic exchanges; video content; Bandwidth; Delay; Internet; Network topology; Peer to peer computing; Streaming media;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON 2012 - 2012 IEEE Region 10 Conference

Conference_Location

Cebu

ISSN

2159-3442

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4823-2

Electronic_ISBN

2159-3442

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.2012.6412288

Filename

6412288