@inproceedings{92bb1e5b09984b82ad0dce51afba504c,
title = "Reverse-Engineering BitTorrent: A Markov Approximation Perspective",
abstract = "In this paper we understand BitTorrent protocol from a Markov approximation perspective. We show that together with the underlying rate control algorithm, the rarest first algorithm and choking algorithm in BitTorrent protocol implicitly solve a cooperative combinatorial network utility maximization problem in a distributed manner. This understanding allows us to access properties of BitTorrent from a fresh perspective, including performance optimality, convergence and impacts of design parameters. Our numerical evaluations validate the analytical results. {\textcopyright} 2012 IEEE.",
author = "Ziyu Shao and Hao Zhang and Minghua Chen and Kannan Ramchandran",
year = "2012",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1109/INFCOM.2012.6195746",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-4673-0773-4",
series = "Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM",
publisher = "IEEE",
pages = "2996--3000",
booktitle = "2012 Proceedings IEEE INFOCOM",
address = "United States",
note = "IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, INFOCOM 2012 ; Conference date: 25-03-2012 Through 30-03-2012",
}