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Chen, Xinuo and Jarvis, Stephen A. (2009) Analysing BitTorrent's seeding strategies. In: 7th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiqutious Computing (EUC-09), Vancouver, Canada, 29-31 Aug, 2009. Published in: CSE 2009 : 12th IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Volume 2 pp. 140-149. ISBN 9781424453344. doi:10.1109/CSE.2009.140
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CSE.2009.140
Abstract
BitTorrent is a typical peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution application that has gained tremendous popularity in recent years. A considerable amount of research exists regarding BitTorrent’s choking algorithm, which has proved to be effective in preventing freeriders. However, the effect of the seeding strategy on the resistance to freeriders in BitTorrent has been largely overlooked. In addition to this, a category of selfish leechers (termed exploiters), who leave the overlay immediately after completion, has never been taken into account in the previous research. In this paper two popular seeding strategies, the Original Seeding Strategy (OSS) and the Time- based Seeding Strategy (TSS), are chosen and we study via mathematical models and simulation their effects on freeriders and exploiters in BitTorrent networks. The mathematical model is verified and we discover that both freeriders and exploiters impact on system performance, despite the seeding strategy that is employed. However, a selfish-leechers threshold is identified; once the threshold is exceeded, we find that TSS outperforms OSS – that is, TSS reduces the negative impact of selfish lechers more effectively than OSS. Based on these results we discuss the choice of seeding strategy and speculate as to how more effective BitTorrent-based file distribu- tion applications can be built.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks), File organization (Computer science) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | CSE 2009 : 12th IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering | ||||
Publisher: | IEEE | ||||
ISBN: | 9781424453344 | ||||
Official Date: | August 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 140-149 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1109/CSE.2009.140 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 21 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 December 2015 | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Title of Event: | 7th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Embedded and Ubiqutious Computing (EUC-09) | ||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
Location of Event: | Vancouver, Canada | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | 29-31 Aug, 2009 |
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