Application Layer Traffic Optimization in the eMule System

Application Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) tends to reduce cross-network traffic that P2P software generates via guiding peers to connect to near sources and download from them when there are many sources available in network. The previous researches about ALTO were mostly carried on BitTorrent....

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Published in2010 Fifth International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services pp. 217 - 222
Main Authors Lijie Sheng, Jianfeng Song, Xuewen Dong, Kun Xie
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.05.2010
Subjects
ALTO
Application software
Computer science
eMule
Internet telephony
IP networks
P2P
Peer to peer computing
Streaming media
Telecommunication traffic
Traffic control
Watches
Web and internet services
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Summary:Application Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) tends to reduce cross-network traffic that P2P software generates via guiding peers to connect to near sources and download from them when there are many sources available in network. The previous researches about ALTO were mostly carried on BitTorrent. The famous and popular P2P software, eMule, was neglected in ALTO studies. EMule is quite different from BitTorrent in various aspects. In this paper, we study how to integrate ALTO mechanism into the eMule system. Three methods are proposed, and one of them is studied in detail with simulation experiments. Experiment results show that the ALTO mechanism can decrease average download time and cross-network traffic at the same time. The drawback of the mechanism is also discovered, i.e., it introduces unfairness in download time for peers far away from the seed.
ISBN:9781424467280
1424467284
DOI:10.1109/ICIW.2010.39