Joint International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems and International Conference on Networking and Services - (icas-icns'05)
ToA^3: Beyond the Limit of Unstructured P2P Networks
Papeete, Tahiti
October 23-October 28
ISBN: 0-7695-2450-8
A major limitation of current unstructured peer-topeer (P2P) networks lies in the inefficiency of search, which results in fatal scalability problems. In this paper, ToA^3, a novel P2P file-sharing system, is proposed to tackle such a limitation. The key idea of ToA^3 is to generate an overlay topology with DESIRABLE properties, adapt peers towards BETTER neighbors dynamically, and direct queries to RIGHT next nodes with as few duplicated messages as possible. To achieve this goal, ToA^3 introduces several innovative techniques such as: (a) a dynamic topology adaptation algorithm with self-sustaining power-law degree distributions, (b) a simply but efficient utilization of peerto- peer network heterogeneity, (c) a proper implementation of the underlying-network-awareness, and (d) Smart Search-a biased search algorithm used in ToA^3. Extensive simulations substantiate that our techniques significantly improve the search performance and reduce the network load dramatically.
Citation:
Xinli Huang, Yin Li, Fei Liu, Fanyuan Ma, "ToA^3: Beyond the Limit of Unstructured P2P Networks," icas-icns, pp.40, Joint International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems and International Conference on Networking and Services - (icas-icns'05), 2005