Cost-Profit Analysis of a Peer-to-Peer Media Streaming Architecture
Mohamed M. Hefeeda, Ahsan Habib, Bharat Bhargava, Bharat Bhargava · 2003
We study the economic aspects of P2P systems. We present a cost-profit analysis of a media streaming service deployed over a peer-to-peer (P2P) infrastructure. We consider the limited capacity as well as the heterogeneity of peers in the analysis. The analysis shows that with the appropriate incentives for participating peers, the service provider achieves more profit. In addition, the analysis shows how the service provider can maximize its revenue by controlling the amount of incentives offered to peers.