A case for mutual notification

Abstract

Massively Multiplayer Online Games and Virtual Worlds are among the most popular applications on the Internet. As player numbers increase, the limits of the currently dominant client/server architecture are becoming obvious. To overcome those limits, the research community has developed protocols for these applications based on peer-to-peer technologies. However, no consensus has been found yet on how the potential of peer-to-peer can be optimally used for these applications.