Title :
A multicast-anycast based protocol for trackerless BitTorrent
Author :
Taddia, Chiara ; Mazzini, Gianluca
Author_Institution :
Lepida S.p.A., Bologna
Abstract :
We propose a new decentralized signaling protocol based on multicast and anycast communications, that substitutes the centralized tracker required by classic BitTorrent implementation. The proposed solution allows to fully exploit the decentralized data sharing among BitTorrent peers, by maintaining all its benefits, without the need of the centralized tracker, the main point of failure of the BitTorrent classic architecture.
Keywords :
multicast protocols; peer-to-peer computing; signalling protocols; anycast communication; decentralized signaling protocol; file sharing; multicast communication; peer-to-peer communication; trackerless BitTorrent; Computer architecture; Databases; File servers; Multicast protocols; Peer to peer computing; Random number generation; Statistical distributions; Unicast; Uniform resource locators;
Conference_Titel :
Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks, 2008. SoftCOM 2008. 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Split
Print_ISBN :
978-953-6114-97-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-953-290-009-5
DOI :
10.1109/SOFTCOM.2008.4669492
