Analysis and Implementation of Gossip-Based P2P Streaming with Distributed Incentive Mechanisms for Peer Cooperation

Peer-to-peer (P2P) systems are becoming a popular means of streaming audio and video content but they are prone to bandwidth starvation if selfish peers do not contribute bandwidth to other peers. We prove that an incentive mechanism can be created for a live streaming P2P protocol while preserving...

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Main Authors: Sachin Agarwal, Jatinder Pal Singh, Shruti Dube
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2007-01-01
Series:Advances in Multimedia
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/84150