Ok, I think I understand the model better. I see your point that there is no locality to be exploited when there are too few peers. But I think one interesting scenario is as follows especially considering that you now have a powerful testbed to get controlled results. Fix the mapping of peers to ISPs using some distribution (preferably empirically derived) and then measure the effect of locality. I feel such an experiment is still desirable since an administrator who would want to deploy locality would likely not have the choice of using it only when it is feasible (rather it is likely to be a simple blanket policy across all torrents and for all ASes under his/her control).
> -----Original Message----- > From: Stevens Le Blond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 5:55 AM > To: Satish Raghunath > Cc: Arnaud Legout; Marshall Eubanks; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [alto] Paper on "Pushing BitTorrent Locality to the Limit" > > > Dear Satish, > > Thank you for your interest in our paper. I will try to answer your > questions, please do not hesitate to tell me if something is still > unclear afterward. > _______________________________________________ alto mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/alto
