Real Time P2P Network Simulation for Very Large Virtual Environment

• Main Authors: Cavagna, Romain, Bouville, Christian, Royan, Jerome
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Bandwidth; Computing methodologies > Computer graphics > Graphics systems and interfaces > Virtual reality; Computing methodologies > Modeling and simulation > Simulation support systems > Simulation environments; Computing methodologies > Modeling and simulation > Simulation theory; Computing methodologies > Modeling and simulation > Simulation types and techniques > Distributed simulation; Costs; Data engineering; Data structures; Human-centered computing > Human computer interaction (HCI) > Interaction paradigms > Mixed > augmented reality; Human-centered computing > Human computer interaction (HCI) > Interaction paradigms > Virtual reality; IP networks; Layout; Network servers; Peer to peer computing; Software and its engineering > Software organization and properties > Software system structures > Distributed systems organizing principles > Organizing principles for web applications; Telecommunications; Virtual environment
• ISSN: 1550-6525
• DOI: 10.1109/DS-RT.2006.31

The ever increasing speed of Internet connections has led to a point where it is actually possible for every end user to seamlessly share data on Internet. Peer-To-Peer (P2P) networks are typical of this evolution. The goal of our paper is to show that thanks to self-adaptive assignment techniques, server-less P2P networks can efficiently deal with very large environments such as met in the geovisualisation area. Our method takes advantage of a hierarchical and progressive data structure that describes the environment. In order to assess the global efficiency of this P2P technique, we have implemented a dedicated real time simulator. Experimentation results are presented using a hierarchical LOD model of a very large urban environment.