Patent ID: 7266125
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A landmark numbering based auxiliary network for a peer-to-peer overlay network, comprising: a plurality of expressway nodes in a landmark space, wherein one or more expressway nodes in the landmark space are configured to establish a number of expressway connections with one or more other expressway nodes such that a number of established expressway connections is arbitrary for each of the one or more expressway nodes, wherein the number of expressway connections are established based on respective positions of the one or more expressway nodes and the one or more other expressway nodes; and a plurality of ordinary nodes in the landmark space, wherein one or more ordinary nodes in the space are configured to establish a number of ordinary connections with the one or more expressway nodes; wherein the auxiliary network uses a coordinate system based on positions of a plurality of landmark nodes in the landmark space.