Chapter 3 at a Glance

This chapter discusses technical issues as a basis for how the different technologies examined later in Part II might resolve them, or not, as the case may be.

Implementation Overview introduces the chosen implementations with a comparative table before discussing the issues further.

• Particular Focus looks at the different focus approaches that p2p technologies might adopt, and how each approach can determine the scope and usefulness of the implementations for particular contexts.

Searching the Network looks at functionality critical for many p2p applications.

• The section mainly takes up the two different methods of Atomistic Search and Distributed Search, contrasting these approaches to finding and retrieving content.

Content Management looks at another critical functionality.

• The text examines the different methods of Storage and Retrieval, followed by a section on Improving Retrieval Performance.