Title :
A definition of peer-to-peer networking for the classification of peer-to-peer architectures and applications
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Commun. Networks, Technische Univ. Munchen
Abstract :
This paper offers a definition for peer-to-peer networking and makes the differences to common so called client server-architectures clear. With this definition we are able to classifiy currently existing networking concepts in the Internet either as "pure" peer-to-peer, or "hybrid" peer-to-peer or client server architecture
Keywords :
client-server systems; computer networks; Internet; client server-architectures; networking concepts; peer-to-peer architectures; peer-to-peer networking; Collaborative work; Communication networks; Hardware; IP networks; Network servers; Peer to peer computing; Printers; Transform coding; Web server;
Conference_Titel :
Peer-to-Peer Computing, 2001. Proceedings. First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Linkoping
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1503-7
DOI :
10.1109/P2P.2001.990434
