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Organizational locality in prefix-based structured peer-to-peer overlays

US7539771B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 6, 2003
Grant dateMay 26, 2009
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/1065
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Content and/or Path locality may be obtained using DHT protocols by assigning network nodes with individual node identifiers (IDs) in a hierarchical namespace. The hierarchical node IDs may be assigned to reflect organizational boundaries within the network. Therefore, with the structured overlay defined using these hierarchically assigned node IDs, a routing algorithm that uses prefix-matching can provide path locality. Furthermore, a domain prefix may be combined with data identifier derived from the data itself to create an enhanced data key. The use of the enhanced data key with a DHT protocol in this structured overlay can provide content locality.

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