Title :
A Framework for Classifying Peer-to-Peer Technologies
Author :
Kant, Krishna ; Iyer, Ravi ; Tewari, Vijay
Abstract :
Popularized by Napster and Gnutella file sharing solutions, peer-to-peer (P2P) computing has suddenly emerged at the forefront of Internet computing. The basic notion of cooperative computing and resource sharing has been around for quite some time, although these new applications have opened up possibilities of very flexible web-based information sharing. This article provides a frame-work for classifying current and future P2P technologies. The main motivation for the classification is to identify basic characteristics of P2P applications so that the infrastructure to support P2P computing can concentrate on these basic characteristics.
Keywords :
cycle sharing.; distributed systems; file sharing; network-of-workstations; peer-to-peer computing; taxonomy; Application software; Computer architecture; Digital audio players; Distributed computing; File servers; Internet; Peer to peer computing; Resource management; Time sharing computer systems; Web server; cycle sharing.; distributed systems; file sharing; network-of-workstations; peer-to-peer computing; taxonomy;
Conference_Titel :
Cluster Computing and the Grid, 2002. 2nd IEEE/ACM International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1582-7
DOI :
10.1109/CCGRID.2002.1017163
