Characterization of BitTorrent Traffic in a Broadband Access Network
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BitTorrent as one of the leading P2P file sharing applications has dominant traffic in broadband access networks. In this paper we present the main characteristics of BitTorrent traffic based on actual measurements taken from a commercial network. Analysis results at both applicationand flow-levels are presented and discussed.
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