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Method for managing the allocation of resources to channel swarms in a peer-to-peer network

US7836184B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 15, 2008
Grant dateNov 16, 2010
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Expiry dateJan 1, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/1048
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for managing the allocation of resources to channel swarms in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. The method is based on a distributed algorithm in which resource-nodes occasionally join and leave channel-swarms. Each resource-node independently decides whether or not to stay in the channel-swarm that it has joined to. These decisions are based on values of a transience parameter set by a transience mechanism.

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