Energy-saving set-top box enhancement in BitTorrent networks

Author

Lee, Yong-Ju ; Jeong, Jin-Hwan ; Kim, Hag-Young ; Lee, Cheol-Hoon

Author_Institution

Dept. of Internet Platform Res., Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea

fYear

2010

fDate

19-23 April 2010

Firstpage

809

Lastpage

812

Abstract

BitTorrent is a leading P2P network system for downloading contents. This trend moves the energy use out of the data center and into the homes of content consumers who are also then content distributors. BitTorrent clients must be fully powered-on at all times so that they are part of the swarm. Energy saving mode of the BitTorrent protocol is a critical issue, whether the goal is to reduce energy consumption of consumers or make your data center´s room green. In this paper, we explore how the BitTorrent protocol can be changed so that BitTorrent-based IPTV set-top box can hibernate.

Keywords

IPTV; peer-to-peer computing; BitTorrent clients; BitTorrent networks; BitTorrent protocol; BitTorrent-based IPTV set-top box; P2P network system; content distributor; data center; energy consumption; energy saving mode; energy saving set-top box enhancement; Computer networks; IP networks; IPTV; Internet; Network servers; Peer to peer computing; Power engineering and energy; Protocols; Telecommunication computing; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Osaka

ISSN

1542-1201

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5366-5

Electronic_ISBN

1542-1201

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NOMS.2010.5488366

Filename

5488366