Flash crowds alleviation via dynamic adaptive network

Abstract: Given the increase in frequency and overall unpredictability, flash crowds have been the bane on internet website. This paper introduces FCAN, a flexibly adaptive network built on cache proxy server layer, transiting architecture between C/S and P2P mode according to the real-time network traffics, as a possible approach to address the flash crowds. The paper concludes the characteristics of flash crowds, describes the design idea and overviews its implementation issues