A hierarchical social network-based P2P SIP system for mobile environments

Bo Wei Li*, Kuo-Chen Wang, Yi Ling Hsieh

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Abstract

P2P SIP (peer to peer session initiation protocol) systems have emerged as a new trend in multimedia realm due to their abilities to overcome the shortcomings of conventional SIP systems. Most of P2P SIP systems were implemented using Chord, a Distributed Hash Table (DHT) based routing algorithm which can provide scalability and reliability. Previous studies on P2P SIP systems did not address node heterogeneity, location information and mobility issues all together. For node heterogeneity, nodes with different capabilities (processing power, storage and bandwidth) should be treated suitably. For location information, the signaling latency is correlated with the distance between end users. This will influence call setup latency greatly. As to mobility, the node churn property will involve additional messages to maintain a stable DHT-based network and increases call setup latency. To conquer these problems, we propose a hierarchical social network-based P2P SIP system. The social network property can increase routing efficiency when calling friends. In addition, the proposed hybrid (structured/unstructured) overlay is more resilient to cope with node churn. Simulation results show that our approach can improve 32% call setup latency with non-buddies and reduce 63% maintenance cost in comparison with the conventional Chord-based approach. In addition, we improve lookup efficiency from O(logN) to O(1) when making calls with buddies, where N is the number of nodes in a DHT-based network.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 IEEE 21st International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2010
Pages2581-2585
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2010
Event2010 IEEE 21st International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2010 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: 26 Sep 201030 Sep 2010

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC

Conference

Conference2010 IEEE 21st International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2010
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period26/09/1030/09/10

Keywords

  • Call setup latency
  • Mobile environment
  • P2P SIP
  • Social network

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