H-P2PSIP: Interconnection of P2PSIP Domains for Global Multimedia Services Based on a Hierarchical DHT Overlay Network

Authors

Isaías Martinez-Yelmo, Alex Bikfalvi, Carmen Guerrero, Ruben Cuevas Rumín, Andreas Mauthe, Jaime García-Reinoso

Abstract

The IETF P2PSIP WG is currently standardising a protocol for distributed multimedia services combining the media session functionality of SIP and the decentralised distribution and localisation of resources in peer-to-peer networks. The current P2PSIP scenarios only consider the infrastructure for the connectivity inside a single domain. This paper proposes an extension of the current work to a hierarchical multi-domain scenario: a two level hierarchical peer-to-peer overlay architecture for the interconnection of different P2PSIP domains. The purpose is the creation of a global decentralised multimedia services in enterprises, ISPs or community networks. We present a study of the routing performance and routing state in the particular case of a two-level distributed hash table hierarchy that uses Kademlia. The study is supported by an analytical model and its validation by a peer-to-peer simulator.

Journal

Computer Networks by Elsevier B.V.
Volume 53, Issue 4, Pages 556-568, March 18 2009
Special issue on Content Distribution Infrastructures for Community Networks
doi:10.1016/j.comnet.2008.09.028

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Last updated: August 4, 2009