What Is P2P Video Streaming P2P video streaming is a software based solution that allows the distribution of data by clients without the need for a central server. wikipedia.org Peer-to-Peer Streaming Systems and Incentive Mechanisms wikipedia.org Peercasting wikipedia.org P2PTV wikipedia.org Peer to Peer china-cic.org (PDF File) Recent Advances in Peer-to-Peer Media Streaming Systems multicomm.org (PDF File) Open Issues in P2P Multimedia Streaming toronto.edu (PDF File) Scaling Laws and Tradeoffs in Peer-to-Peer Live Multimedia Streaming berkeley.edu (PFD File) Economics of Peer-to-Peer Systems A directory of open source P2P video streaming software applications can be found here. A directory of closed source / proprietary P2P video streaming software applications can be found here. IP Multicast Video Streaming The forerunner of P2P multimedia streaming wikipedia.org IP Multicast Internet Protocol Multicast Documentation on IP Multicast Introduction to IP Multicast Presentation on IP Multicast History of the MBONE ( Early IP Multicast ) Online book discussing the multicasting backbone and the future of multimedia on the Internet MBONE: Multicasting Tomorrow's Internet