Using zone code to manage a Content-Addressable Network for Distributed Simulations

In this paper we introduce zone code to manage a Content-Addressable Network for Distributed Simulations (CANS), which simulates two-dimensional worlds (for example MMVE games or city traffic simulations). CANS inherits from CAN the basic concepts of splitting a rectangular area into zones which are then assigned to peers. The peers carry out the simulation for the zone assigned to them. The area should be split in such a way that there is as little communication between the peers as possible. This is the case for quadratic zones, because then a car or player needs in average the maximum time to cross a zone. A problem of CAN is the re-organization of the area into (ideally) equally sized rectangular zones upon peers leaving the system. Therefore, we introduce zone code which helps to reorganize the area when peers leave.