NDLI: Measuring the bittorrent ecosystem: Techniques, tips, and tricks

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Kryczka, M. Cuevas, R. Guerrero, C. Azcorra, A. Cuevas, A.
Copyright Year	1979
Description	BitTorrent is the most successful peer-to-peer application. In the last years the research community has studied the BitTorrent ecosystem by collecting data from real BitTorrent swarms using different measurement techniques. In this article we present the first survey of these techniques that constitutes a first step in the design of future measurement techniques and tools for analyzing large-scale systems. The techniques are classified into macroscopic, microscopic, and complementary. Macroscopic techniques allow us to collect aggregated information of torrents and present very high scalability, able to monitor up to hundreds of thousands of torrents in short periods of time. Microscopic techniques operate at the peer level and focus on understanding performance aspects such as the peers¿ download rates. They offer higher granularity but do not scale as well as macroscopic techniques. Finally, complementary techniques utilize recent extensions to the BitTorrent protocol in order to obtain both aggregated and peer-level information. The article also summarizes the main challenges faced by the research community to accurately measure the BitTorrent ecosystem such as accurately identifying peers and estimating peers' upload rates. Furthermore, we provide possible solutions to address the described challenges.
Starting Page	144
Ending Page	152
Page Count	9
File Size	1328012
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01636804
Volume Number	49
Issue Number	9
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-09-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Peer to peer computing IP networks Ecosystems Telecommunication network management
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Networks and Communications Electrical and Electronic Engineering Computer Science Applications

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