Multi-level ring peer-to-peer network structure for peer and object discovery
US7231463B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 4, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment of the invention, a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) subsystem includes a cache of a current peer and a peer locator. The current peer is in a current ring at a current level. The cache stores information of ring peers within the current ring. The current ring is part of a hierarchical ring structure of P2P nodes. The hierarchical ring structure has at least one of a lower level and a upper level. The peer locator locates a target peer in the cache in response to a request.
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