Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) Problem Statement
draft-marocco-alto-problem-statement-05
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| Authors | Jan Seedorf , Eric Burger | ||
| Last updated | 2009-05-01 (Latest revision 2009-03-08) | ||
| Replaced by | RFC 5693 | ||
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| Consensus boilerplate | Unknown | ||
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| IESG | IESG state | Replaced by draft-ietf-alto-problem-statement | |
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Abstract
Peer-to-peer applications, such as file sharing, real-time communication, and live media streaming, use a significant amount of Internet resources. Such applications often transfer large amounts of data in direct peer-to-peer connections. However, they usually have little knowledge of the underlying network topology. As a result, they may choose their peers based on measurements and statistics that, in many situations, may lead to suboptimal choices. This document describes problems related to optimizing traffic generated by peer-to-peer applications and associated issues such optimizations raise in the use of network-layer information.
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