Low-Latency Probabilistic Broadcast in Wide Area Networks.
J. Pereira, L. Rodrigues, A. Pinto, and R. Oliveira
Selected sections of this report will be published in the Proceedings
of the Proceedings of the 23rd Symposium on Reliable Distributed
Systems, Florianopolis, Brazil, October 2004.
Abstract
In this paper we propose a novel probabilistic broadcast protocol
that reduces the average end-to-end latency by dynamically adapting
to network topology and traffic conditions. It does so by using an
unique strategy that consists in adjusting the fanout and preferred
targets for different gossip rounds as a function of the properties
of each node. Node classification is light-weight and integrated in
the protocol membership management. Furthermore, each node is not
required to have full knowledge of the group membership or of the
network topology. The paper shows how the protocol can be
configured and evaluates its performance with a detailed simulation
model.
Also available extended report (gzip postscript), (pdf) .
Luís Rodrigues