DocumentCode
3302065
Title
Mitigating Free-Riding on BitTorrent Networks
Author
Ge, Tim ; Manoharan, Sathiamoorthy
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
fYear
2010
fDate
13-19 June 2010
Firstpage
52
Lastpage
56
Abstract
The fundamental operational principle of the Bit-Torrent protocol is based on peers sharing partial data. That is, peers download data they don’t have, while uploading data they have already downloaded. The protocol allows peers to get some data to get them started. Free-riders exploit such aspects of the protocol to maximize their downloads and minimize uploads, resulting in crippling the system and benefiting only themselves. This paper looks at free-riding in detail, and presents experimental results that show the benefits of an enhancement to mitigate free-riding.
Keywords
3G mobile communication; Clutter; Degradation; Downlink; Interference; Multiaccess communication; Performance analysis; Throughput; Wideband; Wireless networks; Bit-Torrent; Free-riding; P2P networks; White washing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Digital Telecommunications (ICDT), 2010 Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location
Athens, TBD, Greece
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7271-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICDT.2010.18
Filename
5532383
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