Protocol Measurements in BitTorrent Environments

Based on BitTorrent’s success story (it has managed to become the number one protocol of the internet in a matter of years), the scientific community has delved heavily in analysing, understanding and improving its performance. Research focus has ranged from measurements (Pouwelse et al. (2004)) to protocol improvements (Tian et al. (2007)), from social networking (Pouwelse et al. (2008)) to moderation techniques (Pouwelse et al. (2005)), from content distribution enhancements (Vlavianos et al. (2006)) to network infrastructure impact (Das & Kangasharju (2006)).