Application-Layer Traffic Analysis of a Peer-to-Peer System

Author

Tutsch, Dietmar ; Babin, Gilbert ; Kropf, Peter

Author_Institution

Univ. of Technol. Berlin, Berlin

Volume

12

Issue

5

fYear

2008

Firstpage

70

Lastpage

77

Abstract

Characterizing traffic behavior helps to optimize the network architecture for improved performance. Using a modified LimeWire servent (for both the server and client) and a variance-time plot for traffic characterization, the authors analyze the Gnutella protocol´s traffic shape and find that the messages exhibit a self-similar shape. This result shows network designers that they need to consider the self-similar traffic shape in their set-up - for instance, by introducing appropriate buffer sizes.

Keywords

peer-to-peer computing; protocols; telecommunication traffic; Gnutella protocol; LimeWire servent; application-layer traffic analysis; network architecture; peer-to-peer system; self-similar traffic shape; Communication system traffic control; Computer architecture; Fractals; Open systems; Peer to peer computing; Performance analysis; Protocols; Shape; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Gnutella; Gnutella protocol; P2P; inter-arrival times; network traffic analysis; peer-to-peer; peer-to-peer network; self-similarity; traffic shape;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Internet Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7801

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIC.2008.93

Filename

4620096