IP2P: a peer-to-peer system for mobile devices

Author

Huang-Fu, Chien-Chun ; Lin, Yi-Bing ; Rao, Herman Chung-hwa

Author_Institution

Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu

Volume

16

Issue

2

fYear

2009

fDate

4/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

30

Lastpage

36

Abstract

Peer-to-peer communications is a major trend in wireless Internet. In a P2P system, the calling peer must identify the network address of the called peer before establishing a P2P connection. This article proposes iP2P, a hybrid P2P system for mobile devices. iP2P utilizes the short message service as the control protocol to identify the address of the called peer. Our approach provides an efficient identification mechanism without the requirement for the maintenance of a centralized registrar server in a hybrid P2P system. We also show how iP2P can integrate effectively with the existing network address translation traversal mechanisms to solve the private IP address issue.

Keywords

Internet; mobile computing; peer-to-peer computing; protocols; centralized registrar server; control protocol; hybrid P2P system; iP2P; mobile devices; network address translation traversal mechanisms; peer-to-peer communications; peer-to-peer system; private IP address; short message service; wireless Internet; Base stations; Communication system control; Energy consumption; IP networks; Message service; Multiaccess communication; Network servers; Peer to peer computing; Sockets; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Wireless Communications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1284

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MWC.2009.4907557

Filename

4907557