Improving the Performance of P2P Content Distribution Systems by Choosing Proper Content Providers
Yi Wan, Takuya Asaka, Tatsuro Takahashi · IEICE Transactions on Communications · 2009
Searching mechanisms employed in unstructured overlay networks typically hit multiple peers for the desired content. We propose the use of a simple method that raises the hit rates of unpopular contents and balances the loads by choosing the peer holding the least contents as the provider when multiple candidates exist.