Research on Incentive Mechanisms in P2P Media Streaming
P2P流媒体激励机制研究

Incentive mechanism is more necessary in peer-to-peer media streaming systems than those of traditional P2P file-sharing systems.This paper presents a survey on existing incentive mechanisms in P2P media streaming system, based on reputation,market,punishment,taxation,and a kind of natural Bazaar model.Detailed analysis of typical in- stances of all above mechanisms and comparison among the existing techniques are also presented.Based on the survey, this paper also outlines future research directions.