Title :
Modeling Topological Characteristics of BitTorrent-Like Peer-to-Peer Networks
Author :
Farzad, Amir ; Rabiee, Hamid R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng., Sharif Univ. of Technol., Tehran, Iran
fDate :
8/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This letter presents a complex network model for the BitTorrent; the most popular peer-to-peer network. Three important topological characteristics; (i) degree distribution, (ii) clustering coefficient and (iii) average path length of this network are analytically modeled. The analytical computations are confirmed by simulations. Moreover, the accuracy of the proposed model was confirmed by exploiting a BitTorrent simulator.
Keywords :
peer-to-peer computing; protocols; telecommunication network topology; BitTorrent-like peer-to-peer networks; average path length; clustering coefficient; degree distribution; Analytical models; Complex networks; Computational modeling; Equations; Mathematical model; Peer to peer computing; Protocols; BitTorrent; complex networks; peer-to-peer networks; topological characteristics;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2011.062711.110872
