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A Novel Model Using CDN, P2P, and IPFS for Content Delivery

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The use of multimedia data is increasingly popular due to their outstanding advantages compared to traditional textual data. The demand for live streaming and the proliferation of new standards such as Full High Definition (FHD) and Ultra High Definition(UHD) makes it increasingly difficult to satisfy users. To overcome this challenge, content providers can utilize a hybrid architecture relying on a Content Delivery Network (CDN) and Peer-to-Peer communications. Many efforts have been conducted in order to evaluate and improve the performance of this architecture. However, research on applying blockchain-related technologies to the problem of content delivery is still scarce. In this context, our paper aims to investigate the ability of applying InterPlanetary File system (IPFS) - one of the salient technologies related to blockchain to the traditional hybrid architecture. We conduct different experiments to provide preliminary evaluations of the performance of the proposed system. Experimental results show that the proposed architecture is promising and effective in providing content delivery service.

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This research is supported by the Vietnamese MOET’s project “Researching and applying blockchain technology to the problem of authenticating the certificate issuing process in Vietnam”, No. B2020-BKA-14.

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Nguyen, TT., Do, BL. (2020). A Novel Model Using CDN, P2P, and IPFS for Content Delivery. In: Dang, T.K., Küng, J., Takizawa, M., Chung, T.M. (eds) Future Data and Security Engineering. Big Data, Security and Privacy, Smart City and Industry 4.0 Applications. FDSE 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1306. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4370-2_4

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