Eyes of the Swarm: Streamers' Detection in BT

Many BitTorrent (BT) clients are using these BT networks as a video-on-demand service, taking advantage of the popularity and the large collection of media available. However, transforming the swarms into an on-demand media service can cause serious damage to the overall network performance. In this...

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Published in2017 IEEE 37th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS) pp. 2601 - 2603
Main Authors da Silva, Daniel V.C., Rocha, Antonio A. de A.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.06.2017
Subjects
Computer architecture
Entropy
Media
Monitoring
Protocols
Streaming media
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Summary:Many BitTorrent (BT) clients are using these BT networks as a video-on-demand service, taking advantage of the popularity and the large collection of media available. However, transforming the swarms into an on-demand media service can cause serious damage to the overall network performance. In this paper, we propose a methodology, using the concepts of Entropy, and present a Spy BitTorrent client that is able to identify peers streaming in a swarm. Large scale monitoring, for real swarms, were performed to detect the presence of streamers.
ISSN:1063-6927
2575-8411
DOI:10.1109/ICDCS.2017.309