This would make a fun visualization for existing P2P networks :-D
On 9/9/07 4:39 PM, "Gustavo Carreno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > First of all the disclaimer: > I'm a programmer, not a P2P programmer, just a simple day2day programmer. > I'm a complete ignorant about NAT traversal and all of the UDP schemes. > I've always been interested in P2P but never had real time to > investigate all the theory behind all the DHT and etc. > > My proposal: > Imagine a sphere, and a point that is the center of the sphere. > The point that is the centre of the sphere will be address 0,0,0. The > bootstrap server. > The sphere will be the first level of clients. > Every client will have an address of <level>, <x-axis>, <y-axis>. > There are 8 parallels and 8 meridians. > Clients on the poles link to the next sphere(level). > Searches are executed counter-clock wise on a parallel and upon > returning to the same client go up one meridian. Special cases are the > poles that send the search one level and invert the search order. > The bootstrap server decides addresses from equator to poles, first up > and then down. Once all positions are filled the north pole point > takes care of address assignment (still needs some thinking not sure > if it works if one client has already a known client somewhere in the > crowd). > > What has made me think about this 3D scenario is easy routing once you > know the opposite node you want to send message. It also has every > client connected to 4 other clients, excluding poles and server. > > Please insert all the rest of the needs of a P2P network and if it fits or > not. > > Please do not be condescendant and hit me real hard with your views. > > Thanks > Gustavo Carreno > --- http://batxman.wordpress.com > < If you know Red Hat you know Red Hat, > If you know Slackware you know Linux > > _______________________________________________ > p2p-hackers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers > -- H. Lally Singh Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Science Virginia Tech [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
