Patent ID: 7558875
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer-executable instructions when executed at a peer comprising a computing device, configure the peer to perform actions comprising; querying, from the peer, an overlay network peer group for a first set of transport network distances between the overlay network peer group and one or more overlay network peer group neighbors of the overlay network peer group, wherein: measuring, at the peer, a second set of transport network distances from the peer to each of the one or more overlay network peer group neighbors of the overlay network peer group; and determining, at the peer, to join the overlay network peer group if, for each transport network distance in the first set of transport network distances, an absolute value of a difference between the transport network distance in the first set of transport network distances and a corresponding transport network distance in the second set of transport network distances is less than a threshold transport network distance value.