Peer-to-peer video distribution
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Description
The initial way that the Livepeer network passes video around is via a relay based approach. Anyone on the network can request the stream from the source, and it will be passed from peer-to-peer in the shortest path to the requester. This is not resistant to churn or low bandwidth relay nodes. Instead it makes sense to move to more of a swarm-like p2p approach, where chunks of video are potentially delivered to the requester from any of 15+ connected peers.
Research in this area is inspired by protocols like:
* [PPSPP](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7574)
* [Peer5](https://blog.peer5.com/akamais-peer-to-peer-love-story/)
* [Bittorrent Live](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfbRhSrJ4qA)
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Research direction
No repository files, tests, or entry points are identified. Start by reviewing the PPSPP, Peer5, and Bittorrent Live references, then define a swarm-like peer-to-peer distribution approach that addresses relay-node churn and low bandwidth. Done should be a concrete research direction for distributing video chunks across 15+ peers.
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Assessment
- Domain
- distributed-systems, networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 15/100