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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2003
Laurent Massoulie, Cambridge, GB;
Anne-marie Kermarrec, Rennes, FR;
Ayalvadi Jagannathan Ganesh, Cambridge, GB;
Laurent Massoulie, Cambridge, GB;
Anne-Marie Kermarrec, Rennes, FR;
Ayalvadi Jagannathan Ganesh, Cambridge, GB;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In an unstructured overlay network, each node in the network periodically tests logical network links among neighboring nodes to determine whether the links should be reorganized. A Metropolis scheme is used to determine the probability with which the links are reorganized. This probability is computed based on the change in link costs and/or node degrees that would be effected by a proposed reorganization. The Metropolis scheme tends to maintain a consistency among the degrees of the nodes, thereby providing strong failure resilience.