The missing piece syndrome in peer-to-peer communication
Typical protocols for peer-to-peer file sharing over the Internet divide files to be shared into pieces. New peers strive to obtain a complete collection of pieces from other peers and from a seed. In this paper we investigate a problem that can occur if the seeding rate is not large enough. The pro...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Stochastic Systems |
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| Online Access: | http://www.i-journals.org/ssy/viewarticle.php?id=17&layout=abstract |