Table 1
Notation.
N Set of peers in the system (with |N| = n)
r Video streaming rate (in cps)
cs Streaming server upload capacity (in cps)
cj
j-th peer upload capacity (in cps)
Mi
i-th partition of peers, with i = 1, . . . , k, and |Mi
| = mi
Θi rate at which data are requested by partition i (to other partitions)
Γi rate at which data are received by partition i (from other partitions)
Φi bandwidth resources offered by partition i (to other partitions)
Ψi bandwidth resources provided by partition i (to other partitions)