APPLICATION LEVEL BROADCAST IN PEER OVERLAY NETWORK

摘要

A peer node coupled to a plurality of other peer nodes in an overlay network may process a broadcast message from an upstream peer node containing a plurality of packets by identifying packet missing from the message, identifying an upstream node to which the peer node has an existing inbound connection and which has the missing packet, and obtaining the missing packet from the upstream node. A message from an upstream node may be processed by buffering a subset of the packets of the message in a buffer for a finite period of time before and after the peer node consumes the packets and by identifying one or more of the buffered packets to one or more finger nodes.

主权项

1. In a peer node coupled to a plurality of other peer nodes in an overlay network, a method of processing a broadcast message in the overlay network, the method comprising:
a) identifying packet missing from a broadcast message from another peer nodes that is upstream from the peer node, wherein the broadcast message includes a plurality of packets; b) identifying an upstream node having the missing packet, wherein the peer node has an existing inbound connection with the upstream node; and c) obtaining the missing packet from the upstream node.