Load balancing method and system for peer-to-peer networks
US8976706B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 12, 2010 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1065
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
System and method for balancing a number of incoming connections of nodes connected to a peer-to-peer network. The method includes receiving at a selecting node information about out-finger candidates. The information includes at least a quantifiable parameter for the out-finger candidates and the out-finger candidates are possible nodes to be connected to the selecting node. The method includes calculating in the selecting node, for each node of the out-finger candidates, a probability value by using a predetermined probability function that uses as input the corresponding quantifiable parameter; and selecting one node from the out-finger candidates to be an out-finger node for the selection node based on the probability value. The probability value is associated with a number of in-finger connections to the selected out-finger node.
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