4th Generation of P2P

Before the end of this year we hope to launch software which includes 4th generation P2P technology, meaning full self-organisation while offering advanced features such as:

• Triple-mode video
  • Bittorrent compatible downloads
  • Video-on-demand
  • Live streaming
• Scalable keyword search (personalised)
• Tagging, rating, moderation, and spam prevention

We believe the key aspect of 4G P2P is removing the need for any server: zero-server P2P. Without the need for servers it could offer unbounded scalability and be used potentially by millions of PCs and Internet-only television sets. Crafting an operational system which such a academically pure architecture has proven to be difficult. To date, no research team or start-up company has been able to create a pure P2P system which includes required features such as streaming, easy search, and spam prevention.

We need your help

Please try our streaming testing software: at our trial website.

Volunteers are needed to test our software and to report bugs. Currently we are specifically focussing on the streaming part of our P2P technology. We are conducting a large trial in the upcoming days to stress-test our beta software and measure how it is behaving outside the laboratory.

This trial is conducted from within the P2P-Next project. This project provided the financial support and test content.

Links: 4G P2P