BitTorrent Experiments on Testbeds: A Study of the Impact of Network Latencies
Ashwin Rao (INRIA Sophia Antipolis / INRIA Rh\^one-Alpes), Arnaud, Legout (INRIA Sophia Antipolis / INRIA Rh\^one-Alpes), Walid Dabbous (INRIA, Sophia Antipolis / INRIA Rh\^one-Alpes)
TL;DR
This paper investigates how network latency affects BitTorrent download times, finding that latency has minimal impact, thus supporting the use of testbeds for experimental evaluation of BitTorrent performance.
Contribution
It provides empirical evidence that network latency marginally influences BitTorrent download times, validating the use of testbeds for such experiments.
Findings
Network latency has a marginal impact on download time.
BitTorrent experiments are feasible on testbeds.
Testbeds can reliably be used for performance evaluation.
Abstract
In this paper, we study the impact of network latency on the time required to download a file distributed using BitTorrent. This study is essential to understand if testbeds can be used for experimental evaluation of BitTorrent. We observe that the network latency has a marginal impact on the time required to download a file; hence, BitTorrent experiments can performed on testbeds.
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Taxonomy
TopicsPeer-to-Peer Network Technologies · Network Traffic and Congestion Control · Caching and Content Delivery