AdaPtP - a Framework for Building Adaptable Peer-to-Peer Systems

Peer-to-peer systems have gained widespread popularity for supporting resource location and distribution applications. To response to this, a number of peer-to-peer network architectures have been developed, each supporting a subset of application types, though no unifying P2P network architecture has emerged that is suitable for supporting today’s diverse peer-to-peer systems. The heterogeneous and dynamic environments in which peer-to-peer applications operate has also driven the development of a number of adaptation schemes, though current peer-to-peer platforms offer no specific support for adaptive mechanisms. This paper describes AdPtP, a peer-to-peer framework that provides support for diverse applications and inherent support for adaptation.