Peer and operating method thereof
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsWook Hyun, Mi Young Huh
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Abstract
A peer may receive a peer list from a hybrid overlay management server in response to an overlay network participation request of the peer, may select a first peer from the received peer list, may establish a connection with the selected first peer, and may establish a connection with at least one of second peers. Propagation of the overlay network participation request may be initiated by the selected first peer, and each of the second peers may correspond to a peer that receives the propagated overlay network participation request. One of the established connections may be determined as a primary path, and a communication may be performed through the primary path.
Claims12
An operating method of a peer, comprising:
- receiving a peer list from a hybrid overlay management server in response to an overlay network participation request of the peer;
- selecting a first peer from the received peer list;
- establishing a connection with the selected first peer;
- establishing a connection with at least one of second peers, wherein the overlay network participation request is propagated to the second peers;
- determining one of the established connections as a primary path;
- and
- performing a communication through the primary path,
- wherein the establishing of the connection with the selected first peer comprises:
- transmitting a first request message to the selected first peer;
- receiving a success response from the selected first peer and adding information of the selected first peer into an outgoing candidate path list of the peer;
- and
- receiving a second request message to establish the connection from the selected first peer.
A peer comprising:
- a communicator;
- and
- a controller configured to receive a peer list from a hybrid overlay management server through the communicator in response to an overlay network participation request of the peer, to select a first peer from the received peer list, to establish a connection with the selected first peer, to establish a connection with at least one of second peers, and to determine one of the established connections as a primary path,
- wherein the overlay network participation request is propagated to the second peers, and
- wherein the controller is configured to:
- transmit a first request message to the selected first peer, receive a success response from the selected first peer, add information of the selected first peer into an outgoing candidate path list of the peer, and receive a second request message to establish the connection from the selected first peer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.