Unstructured Peer-to-Peer systems: Towards swift routing

Abstract

In this paper, we contribute to the enhancement of routing in unstructured Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems. Our contribution aims to propose an alternative to the repetitive interactions between peers in discovery which waste considerable time. We propose a methodology that seeks effectiveness and swiftness. Contrary to classic and heuristic-based routing strategies, the main goal of our proposition is that every peer prepares a database at the integration phase. The database includes information about peers, locations, routes to every destination, etc. Every peer possesses its own database and is able to update it whenever a change occurs in the system. Changes refer to the integration of new peers and the dissociation of existing ones. Theoretically, the communication between peers will become significa ntly quicker since every peer knows enough information about the other peers forming the system. The application of our strategy demons trates its fitness to the proposed system model in addition to its celerity and relevance.