A Token-based Accounting Scheme for P2P-Systems
Key: LDMS04-1
Author: Nicolas Liebau, Vasilios Darlagiannis, Andreas Mauthe, Ralf Steinmetz
Date: January 2004
Kind: @techreport
Abstract: This paper presents a token-based accounting scheme for decentralized autonomous systems, such as peer-to-peer systems. The scheme uses tokens as proof of resource usage or service usage. Conforming to the peer-to-peer paradigm, the tokens are issued using a decentralized mechanism. Within peer-to-peer the proposed accounting scheme can be used to cope with the shortage of information. Therewith, it constitutes the basis for coordination and control mechanisms as well as pricing for commercial scenarios in completely decentralized systems. <p> The presented scheme is compared against an alterative approach showing the advantage of the token-based mechanism in terms of communication costs. </p>
View Full paper (PDF) | Download Full paper (PDF)

The documents distributed by this server have been provided by the contributing authors as a means to ensure timely dissemination of scholarly and technical work on a non-commercial basis. Copyright and all rights therein are maintained by the authors or by other copyright holders, not withstanding that they have offered their works here electronically. It is understood that all persons copying this information will adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright. These works may not be reposted without the explicit permission of the copyright holder.