Windows Communication Foundation Unleashed

Chapter 17. Peer Communication

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• Introducing Peer Channel

• Using Structured Data in Peer-to-Peer Applications

• Leveraging the Windows Peer-to-Peer Networking Development Platform

• Understanding Windows Peer-to-Peer Networks

• Using Peer Channel

• Peer Channel in Action

• Peer Channel and People Near Me

• References

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Introducing Peer Channel

As explained in Chapter 14, “Custom Channels,” Windows Communication Foundation protocols are implemented as channels. A transport channel called Peer Channel is provided for multiparty, peer-to-peer communication.

Peer Channel is a significant innovation of the Windows Communication Foundation that provides two very important benefits. First, it enables the construction of sophisticated ...