Network Efficiency in Peer-to-peer Data Distribution

<p>Data distribution applications transfer data files on computer networks. On these networks, peer-to-peer applications transfer bulk data quickly to many destinations. But existing applications increase network costs on the Internet and underuse network capacity on the data center network.</p><p>To address these network inefficiencies, this thesis introduces two applications. First, it proposes an Internet application that decreases the costly traffic of peer-to-peer applications while maintaining their download times. This approach is novel because it works without changing existing peer-to-peer applications on the Internet.</p><p>Second, after identifying the problem with existing applications in data centers, this thesis proposes a peer-to-peer application that increases its usage of the network capacity and maintains the speed of other applications. This approach is novel because it is more resilient than similar peer-to-peer applications on the data center network.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer Science & Engineering

Year dc:date.available

2012

Author dc:creator

• James, Shakir Calistus

Contributors dc:contributor

• Patrick J Crowley
• Neil M Richards, Sanjay J Swamidass, Jonathan S Turner

• Engineering

Statement dc:rights

• I have not registered my thesis with the U.S. Copyright Office, and do not intend to.

Language dc:language

English (en)

Identifier

https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/eng_etds/26

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:openscholarship.wustl.edu:eng_etds-1026