Incentive Mechanisms in P2P Media Streaming Systems
Xiao Su, Suchreet Dhaliwal · IEEE Internet Computing · 2010
Free riding, whereby a peer utilizes network resources but doesn't contribute services, could have a huge impact on the efficacy of peer-to-peer media streaming systems, leading to scalability issues and service degradation. Here, the authors categorize, analyze, and compare a range of incentive mechanisms proposed for P2P streaming systems.