Peer-to-Peer Systems and Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Steinmetz, Ralf (Editor), Wehrle, Klaus (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3485
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; Software engineering.; Algorithms.; Information storage and retrieval.; Computer Science.; Computer Communication Networks.; Popular Computer Science.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Information Storage and Retrieval.; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity.; Software Engineering.

Starting with Napster and Gnutella, peer-to-peer systems became an integrated part of the Internet fabric attracting millions of users. According to recent evaluations, peer-to-peer traffic now exceeds Web traffic, once the dominant traffic on the Internet. While the most popular peer-to-peer applic...