%% You should probably cite draft-ietf-alto-problem-statement instead of this I-D. @techreport{marocco-alto-problem-statement-05, number = {draft-marocco-alto-problem-statement-05}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-marocco-alto-problem-statement/05/}, author = {Jan Seedorf and Eric Burger}, title = {{Application-Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) Problem Statement}}, pagetotal = 14, year = 2009, month = mar, day = 8, 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.}, }