Self-restructuring Peer-to-Peer Network for e-Learning

In this paper, we propose a self-restructuring network for e-learning. In a typical server-client model, the server must broadcast data to all clients. It makes the server impossible to work smoothly. Our model lightens load of the server and makes the server enable to work properly. The model of network is based on a data structure known as heap. We describe how to organize such network and how to re-structure it when one node is disconnected or new node join the network.

Authors and Affiliations

1. Faculty of Infomatics, Tokyo University of Information Sciences, 1200-2 Yatou-chou, Chiba city, Chiba, 265-8501, Japan

   Masanori Ohshiro, Kenneth J. Mackin, Eiji Nunohiro & Kazuko Yamasaki

Editors and Affiliations

1. School of Business, La Trobe University, 3086, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

   Rajiv Khosla

2. Centre for SMART systems Engineering Research Centre, University of Brighton, Moulsecoomb, BN2 4GJ, Brighton, UK

   Robert J. Howlett

3. School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Knowledge Based Intelligent Engineering Systems Centre, University of South Australia, 5095, Mawson Lakes, SA, Australia

   Lakhmi C. Jain

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