Performance Evaluation of Advanced Routing Algorithms for Unstructured Peer-to-Peer Networks

Peer-to-peer systems have recently emerged to address the problem of enabling the virtualization of distributed resources such as processing, network bandwidth and storage capacity, to create a single system image, granting users and applications seamless access to vast IT capabilities. Participants in peer-to-peer networks are not only potential consumers but also potential resource providers, and operate autonomously with no central authority. Efficient resource sharing and discovery mechanisms are both essential for the functioning of the system as a whole and for the benefit of all participants.