Patent ID: 8898327
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of arranging peers in a P2P network comprising a streaming source and a plurality of peers, the method comprising: receiving a request from a peer entering the network to receive data content; determining, with respect to a real-time playback point of the data content distributed by the streaming source, a latency with which the entering peer is to receive the data content, said latency being derived from a determined probability distribution for the latencies with which the network peers receive data content distributed by the streaming source; arranging the entering peer in the P2P network according to the determined latency; and providing the entering peer with a plurality of randomly selected peers from which the requested data content can be downloaded with an expected probability depending on the determined latency, wherein the entering peer is enabled to download, with the expected probability, the requested data content from a selected one of said plurality of randomly selected peers having a lower latency than that determined for the entering peer, and wherein the determined probability distribution for the latencies with which the network peers receive data content distributed by the streaming source is based on a distribution level of the network peers in the P2P network.