{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1968240215","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/wcnc.2012.6214363","title":"Request-peer selection for load-balancing in P2P live streaming systems","display_name":"Request-peer selection for load-balancing in P2P live streaming systems","publication_year":2012,"publication_date":"2012-04-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1968240215","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/wcnc.2012.6214363","mag":"1968240215"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/wcnc.2012.6214363","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/wcnc.2012.6214363","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2012 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5083985765","display_name":"Nianwang Liu","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I889458895","display_name":"University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/02zhqgq86","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I889458895"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Nianwang Liu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China","Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I889458895"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I889458895"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5035367145","display_name":"Wen Zheng","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6570-6245"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I889458895","display_name":"University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/02zhqgq86","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I889458895"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zheng Wen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China","Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I889458895"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I889458895"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5102962414","display_name":"Kwan L. Yeung","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4590-8760"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I889458895","display_name":"University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/02zhqgq86","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I889458895"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kwan L. Yeung","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China","Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I889458895"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I889458895"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5002280736","display_name":"Zhibin Lei","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1615-2343"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I146617529","display_name":"Applied Science and Technology Research Institute","ror":"https://ror.org/03xmkea05","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I146617529"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zhibin Lei","raw_affiliation_strings":["Applied Science and Technology Research Institute, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, China","Applied Science & Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), Shatin, Hong Kong"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Applied Science and Technology Research Institute, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I146617529"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Applied Science & Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), Shatin, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I146617529"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.4905,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":8,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.82322134,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"3227","last_page":"3232"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10742","display_name":"Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10742","display_name":"Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11478","display_name":"Caching and Content Delivery","score":0.9997000098228455,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11896","display_name":"Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks","score":0.9891999959945679,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8353570103645325},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/peer-to-peer","display_name":"Peer-to-peer","score":0.6804569959640503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/upload","display_name":"Upload","score":0.6794913411140442},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/network-packet","display_name":"Network packet","score":0.6361363530158997},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.602732241153717},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/selection","display_name":"Selection (genetic algorithm)","score":0.5382980704307556},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/selection-algorithm","display_name":"Selection algorithm","score":0.5148869752883911},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/bandwidth","display_name":"Bandwidth (computing)","score":0.5075310468673706},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/load-balancing","display_name":"Load balancing (electrical power)","score":0.4853052496910095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quality-of-service","display_name":"Quality of service","score":0.4611220061779022},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/file-sharing","display_name":"File sharing","score":0.4370635747909546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/server","display_name":"Server","score":0.4328770041465759},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/response-time","display_name":"Response time","score":0.43197354674339294},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.3408821225166321},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/the-internet","display_name":"The Internet","score":0.22551056742668152},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.1357726752758026},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.13409453630447388}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8353570103645325},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C534932454","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161410","display_name":"Peer-to-peer","level":2,"score":0.6804569959640503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71901391","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7126699","display_name":"Upload","level":2,"score":0.6794913411140442},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158379750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214111","display_name":"Network packet","level":2,"score":0.6361363530158997},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.602732241153717},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81917197","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628760","display_name":"Selection (genetic algorithm)","level":2,"score":0.5382980704307556},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775973920","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3252726","display_name":"Selection algorithm","level":3,"score":0.5148869752883911},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776257435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1576430","display_name":"Bandwidth (computing)","level":2,"score":0.5075310468673706},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138959212","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1806783","display_name":"Load balancing (electrical power)","level":3,"score":0.4853052496910095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C5119721","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220501","display_name":"Quality of service","level":2,"score":0.4611220061779022},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C551386961","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22666","display_name":"File sharing","level":3,"score":0.4370635747909546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93996380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44127","display_name":"Server","level":2,"score":0.4328770041465759},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19012869","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q578372","display_name":"Response time","level":2,"score":0.43197354674339294},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.3408821225166321},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110875604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75","display_name":"The Internet","level":2,"score":0.22551056742668152},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.1357726752758026},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.13409453630447388},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187691185","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2020720","display_name":"Grid","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/wcnc.2012.6214363","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/wcnc.2012.6214363","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2012 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.985.2669","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.985.2669","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://hub.hku.hk/bitstream/10722/165312/1/Content.pdf","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:hub.hku.hk:10722/165312","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10722/165312","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196271","display_name":"The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I889458895","host_organization_name":"University of Hong Kong","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I889458895"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Conference_Paper"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.44999998807907104}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":11,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W204424277","https://openalex.org/W1601950442","https://openalex.org/W1968030132","https://openalex.org/W2004267242","https://openalex.org/W2005526720","https://openalex.org/W2117702591","https://openalex.org/W2159875120","https://openalex.org/W2539940158","https://openalex.org/W6608336608","https://openalex.org/W6651604327","https://openalex.org/W6683669474"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3121776279","https://openalex.org/W1536439466","https://openalex.org/W2365147575","https://openalex.org/W1990561111","https://openalex.org/W2020914003","https://openalex.org/W2107007432","https://openalex.org/W3005410774","https://openalex.org/W2168358196","https://openalex.org/W4250311836","https://openalex.org/W2116463875"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Unlike":[0],"peer-to-peer":[1],"(P2P)":[2],"file":[3],"sharing,":[4],"P2P":[5],"live":[6],"streaming":[7,226],"systems":[8],"have":[9],"to":[10,22,31,55,61,213],"meet":[11],"real-time":[12],"playback":[13,238],"constraints,":[14],"which":[15],"makes":[16,116],"it":[17],"very":[18],"challenging":[19],"yet":[20],"crucial":[21],"maximize":[23],"the":[24,57,63,82,85,109,120,155,172,176,182,185,188,202,223,231],"peer":[25,80,115,197,211],"uplink":[26],"bandwidth":[27],"utilization":[28],"so":[29],"as":[30,245],"deliver":[32],"content":[33],"pieces":[34,128,147],"in":[35,81,175,181],"time.":[36],"In":[37,67,77],"general,":[38],"this":[39,68],"is":[40,54,98,106,136,178,198,216,228,243],"achieved":[41],"by":[42,195,209,237],"adopting":[43],"tailor-made":[44],"piece":[45,104,111,118,150,206],"selection":[46,49,75,160],"and":[47,60,92,125,144,201,230],"request-peer":[48,74,159],"algorithms.":[50],"The":[51],"design":[52],"philosophy":[53],"regulate":[56],"network":[58,83,177],"traffic":[59,173],"balance":[62],"load":[64,174,224],"among":[65,132],"peers.":[66],"paper,":[69],"we":[70],"propose":[71],"a":[72,79,102,114,117],"new":[73],"algorithm.":[76],"particular,":[78],"estimates":[84],"service":[86],"response":[87],"time":[88],"(SRT)":[89],"between":[90],"itself":[91],"each":[93,196,210],"neighboring":[94],"peer.":[95],"An":[96],"SRT":[97,124,139],"measured":[99,236],"from":[100],"when":[101],"data":[103,127,146,192],"request":[105,214],"sent":[107],"until":[108],"requested":[110],"arrives.":[112],"When":[113],"request,":[119],"neighbor":[121],"with":[122],"smaller":[123,138,200],"fewer":[126,145],"would":[129],"be":[130],"favored":[131],"potential":[133],"providers.":[134],"This":[135],"because":[137],"implies":[140],"excess":[141],"serving":[142],"capacity":[143],"suggests":[148],"less":[149],"requests":[151,207],"received.":[152],"We":[153,219],"evaluate":[154],"performance":[156],"of":[157,187,191,204,225,234],"our":[158],"algorithm":[161],"through":[162],"extensive":[163],"packet":[164],"level":[165],"simulations.":[166],"Our":[167],"simulation":[168],"results":[169],"show":[170],"that":[171,184,222],"better":[179],"balanced":[180],"sense":[183],"difference":[186],"normalized":[189],"number":[190,203],"packets":[193],"uploaded":[194],"getting":[199],"repeated":[205],"generated":[208],"(due":[212],"failure)":[215],"significantly":[217],"reduced.":[218],"also":[220],"found":[221],"server":[227],"reduced,":[229],"overall":[232],"quality":[233],"service,":[235],"continuity,":[239],"startup":[240],"delay":[241],"etc,":[242],"improved":[244],"well.":[246]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}