NDLI: GBLT: Load Distribution Method for High Density by User Behavior in MMO Virtual Environment

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Endo, R. Takagi, K. Shigeno, H.
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	This paper focuses on MMO(Massively Multiplayer Online), a large-scale virtual environment, and we propose GBLT(Group Based Load-distribution technique)-a load dis- tribution method with P2P(Peer-to-Peer)-that can maintain scalability under the high density of user in virtual environ- ment. For a high scalability on a rapid population change, a lot of systems using P2P is researched[1], [2]. However, the problem of some MMO is that user’s group behavior generates high density situation frequently. Many users may form group, and the existing methods manage a virtual environment by dividing geographically between peers. In MMO, a user high density may be generated because the users who participate to a same group are mutually adjacent on a virtual environment. Then, Many messages concentrate on a part of peer if the user high density situation is generated. The existing methods cannot maintain the performance in the high density situation because such a situation is not considered. Then, we propose a load distribution method GBLT considering an incrementation of messages by such a user high density on virtual environment. Then, new manager who manages group is added to the system when the group is formed in GBLT. As a result, an existing manager’s load is decreased. Therefore, GBLT can be adjusted to the high density. We confirm that GBLT can maintain high scalability under the local high density situation. Simulation shows that the average number of user managed by server is suppressed to low.
Starting Page	792
Ending Page	799
File Size	446624
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424440009
ISSN	1550445X
DOI	10.1109/AINA.2009.73
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-05-26
Publisher Place	United Kingdom
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Virtual environment Scalability Environmental management Peer to peer computing Costs Network servers Large-scale systems Load management Computer networks Joining processes MMO P2P
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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