Patent ID: 7836184
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method operating in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network for allocating resources to channel swarms in the P2P network, wherein the method is performed by a resource-node in the P2P network, comprising: occasionally connecting a resource-node to at least one of the channel-swarms; setting a transience parameter value to a join-start level when the resource-node joins to at least one of the channel-swarms, wherein the join-start level indicates a high likelihood that the resource-node will disconnect from a channel swarm; periodically setting the transience parameter value of the resource-node according to a predefined transience level; periodically sending the transience parameter value to consumer-nodes in the P2P network; and periodically disconnecting the resource-node from the at least one of the channel-swarms if the consumed resources by recently connected consumer-nodes are below a predefined threshold; wherein each of the consumer-nodes connects to the resource-node according to the transience parameter value.