Reliable Downloading Algorithms for BitTorrent-like Systems

In this paper we study a reliable downloading algorithm for BitTorrent-like systems, and attest it in mathematics. BitTorrent-like systems have become immensely popular peer-to-peer file distribution tools in the Internet in recent years. We analyze them in theory and point out some of their limitations especially in reliability, and propose an algorithm to resolve these problems by using the redundant copies in neighbors in P2P networks and can further optimize the downloading speed in some condition. Our preliminary simulations show that the proposed reliable algorithm works well; the improved BitTorrent-like systems are very stable and reliable.