Peer-to-Peer Networking is a self-access course. It aims to provide the student with the fundamental principles of peer-to-peer networking, its main challenges and possible solutions. The following topics are concerned during the course:

• Principles of peer-to-peer networking (introduction and definitions, characteristics, decentralization, interoperability, ..)
• Peer-to-peer systems and applications (file sharing, communications, collaborating, etc.)
• Overlay networks (structured/unstructured, hybrid and pure models, routing)
• Challenges (connectivity, finding others, naming, searching, management)
• Security, fairness and trust concerns
• Practical P2P development with a programming language (interoperability and implementation: not locking to a certain language)

• Lectures: N.N. (email: )
• Exercises: N.N. (email: )
• Project: N.N. (email: )
• Reception: weekday x-y, room xxxx

Recommended courses

• Ti5315000 Network programming

For the project work the following knowledge and skills are recommended:

• Network programming skills for implementing a networking protocol

The estimated total workload is 130 hours (5 ECTS), which consists of:

• lectures: 26h
• exercises + preparation: 14h + 12h = 26h
• project: 52h
• exam + preparation: 26h

Requirements for passing grade

In order to pass the course, a student needs to

• have passed the course exam with an accepted grade (>0)
• have passed the project work with an accepted grade (>0)

Final grade:

• 0-5 exam 50%
• 0-5 project 50%

• The course homepage contains lectures, exercises and project specifications. References and related materials are provided on the course pages.
• The server is only accessible inside the LUT network (due to campus firewall). The VPN web gateway (http://vpn.lut.fi/) can be used to access course web pages from outside:

https://vpn.lut.fi/http/0/mediaserver.it.lut.fi/kurssiwiki/index.php/Peer-to-Peer_Networking