Research Article

Peer-to-Peer Multicasting Inspired by Huffman Coding

Table 1

The relation of the basic notions for the Huffman coding and the Huffmies concept.

Not.HuffmanHuffmies

Root nodeStreaming server
Ensemble code (Huffman tree)
Transmission tree
Message Peer
Set of all messagesSet of all peers in the overlay swarm
Probability of message generationProbability of peer being a bad relay (peer aggravation)
Number of the source alphabet symbolsMaximum number of simultaneous upload connections (slots)
CodewordA route from the root server to a leaf in a transmission tree
Length of a codeword representing message Peer level in a transmission tree, (hop distance between and in the tree)
Leaf: a message; internal vertex: auxiliaryLeaf: a downloading peer; internal vertex: a downloading and uploading peer
Peers downloading from peer , the offspring of