Peer-to-peer systems for video delivery

摘要

In the very recent years, peer-to-peer for streaming video applications has gained considerable attention: commercial systems have appeared, raising interest among a community of potential users that have quickly increased and reached an impressive size. The pioneering experience of the Coolstreaming prototype has been soon paired by popular systems such as PPlive, Sopcast and PPStream, platforms capable of attracting thousands of users to watch video programs over the Internet.