Resources

This page provides a classification of solutions and relevant publications which, in some way, address the ALTO problem.

Application-Level Topology Estimation
- Coordinates-Based Systems
  - IDMaps: A global Internet host distance estimation service, P. Francis, S. Jamin, C. Jin, Y. Jin, D. Raz, Y. Shavitt, L. Zhang.
  - Predicting internet network distance with coordinates-based approaches, T. S. E. Ng, H. Zhang.
  - Vivaldi: A Decentralized Network Coordinate System, F. Dabek, R. Cox, F. Kaashoek, R. Morris.
  - PIC: Practical Internet coordinates for distance estimation, M. Costa, M. Castro, A. Rowstron, P. Key.
- Path Selection Systems
  - Meridian: A lightweight network location service without virtual coordinates, B. Wong, A. Slivkins, E. G. Sirer.
  - iPlane: an information plane for distributed services, H. V. Madhyastha, T. Isdal, M. Piatek, C. Dixon, T. Anderson, A. Krishnamurthy, A. Venkataramani.
  - Taming the Torrent: A practical approach to reducing cross-ISP traffic in P2P systems, D. R. Choffnes, F. E. Bustamante
Topology Estimation through Layer Cooperation
- P4P Working Group (DCIA website) (Pando Networks website) (openp4p.net website)
  - P4P: Provider Portal for Applications, H. Xie, Y. R. Yang, A. Krishnamurthy, Y. Liu, and A. Silberschatz.
  - P4P: Explicit Communications for Cooperative Control Between P2P and Network Providers, H. Xie, A. Krishnamurthy, A. Silberschatz, Y. R. Yang.
  - P4P Field Tests, H. Xie.
- TU Berlin ISP-P2P Cooperation Research
  - Can ISPs and P2P systems co-operate for improved performance?, V. Aggarwal, A. Feldmann, C. Scheideler.
  - An Internet Coordinate system to enable collaboration between ISPs and P2P systems, V. Aggarwal, A. Feldmann, R. Karrer.
  - Improving User and ISP Experience through ISP-aided P2P Locality, V. Aggarwal, O. Akonjang, A. Feldmann.
- The IDIPS Project
  - Implementation and Preliminary Evaluation of an ISP-Driven Informed Path Selection, D. Saucez, B. Donnet, O. Bonaventure.

This page is maintained by Enrico Marocco (enrico.marocco@telecomitalia.it); feel free to point out any publication you think should be listed here.