Isplaying_as_download_省略_P2Pfilesharings.pdf

Wang et al. / J Zhejiang Univ-Sci C (Comput Electron) 2010 11(6):465-475 465 Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE C (Computers Electronics) ISSN 1869-1951 (Print); ISSN 1869-196X (Online) /jzus; E-mail: jzus@ Is playing-as-downloading feasible in an eMule * P2P file sharing system? † Wen-yi WANG , Yao-wu CHEN (Advanced Digital Technology and Instruments Ins titute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China) †E-mail: walker_wwy@ Received July 5, 2009; Revision accepted Aug. 4, 2009; Crosschecked May 4, 2010 Abstract: Peer-to-peer (P2P) swarm technologies have been shown to be very efficient for large scale content distribution systems, such as the well-known BitTorrent and eMule applications. However, these systems have been designed for generic file sharing with little consideration of media streaming support, and the user cannot start a movie playback before it is completely downloaded. The playing-as-downloading capability would be particularly useful for a downloading peer to evaluate if a movie is valuable to be downloaded, and it could also help the P2P content distribution system to locate and eliminate the polluted contents. In this paper we address this issue by introducing a new algorithm, wish driven chunk distribution (WDCD), which enables the P2P file sharing system to support the video-on-demand (VOD) function while keeping the P2P native downloading speed. A new parameter named next-play-frequency is added to the content chunk to strike a replication balance between do