Mitigating server-side congestion in the Internet through pseudoserving

• Published in: IEEE/ACM transactions on networking Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 530 - 544
• Main Authors: Kong, K., Ghosal, D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.08.1999
• Subjects: Congestion; Contracts; File servers; Internet; Local area networks; Network servers; Networks; Protocols; Reproduction; Robustness; Servers; Servers (computers); Simulation; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Web server

Server-side congestion arises when a large number of users wish to retrieve files from a server over a short period of time. Under such conditions, users are in a unique position to benefit enormously by sharing retrieved files. Pseudoserving, a new paradigm for Internet access, provides incentives...