METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERY FROM NETWORK DISCONNECTIONS IN A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK

摘要

A P2P network (100) includes a client device (102), a source device (104) and a proxy device (106). The source device (104) has access to a file and assigns a queue position for download of the file (904) in response to a request for download of the file (902). The client device (102) requests download of the file (712) from the source device (104). The proxy device (106) provides a token (1112) to the source device (104) for assuming the queue position of the client device (102), the token identifying the client device (102) and the client device's (102) queue position for the download of the file.