Summary

Recommendation ITU-T X.609.5 specifies an overlay management protocol (OMP)that runs on the interface among entities of managed peer-to-peer (P2P) communications. The management functionalities covered in this Recommendation include overlay network management including creation, modification, and termination and peer management including membership control and information maintenance. The protocol is applicable to various services such as multimedia streaming service and content distribution service over managed P2P communications. This Recommendation provides protocol operations and message formats.