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A measurement-based study of MultiPath TCP performance over wireless networks

Authors:

Yung-Chih Chen,

Richard J. Gibbens,

Erich M. Nahum,

Ramin Khalili, and

Don TowsleyAuthors Info & Claims

IMC '13: Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Internet measurement conference

October 2013

Pages 455 - 468

https://doi.org/10.1145/2504730.2504751

Published: 23 October 2013 Publication History

Abstract

With the popularity of mobile devices and the pervasive use of cellular technology, there is widespread interest in hybrid networks and on how to achieve robustness and good performance from them. As most smart phones and mobile devices are equipped with dual interfaces (WiFi and 3G/4G), a promising approach is through the use of multi-path TCP, which leverages path diversity to improve performance and provide robust data transfers. In this paper we explore the performance of multi-path TCP in the wild, focusing on simple 2-path multi-path TCP scenarios. We seek to answer the following questions: How much can a user benefit from using multi-path TCP over cellular and WiFi relative to using the either interface alone? What is the impact of flow size on average latency? What is the effect of the rate/route control algorithm on performance? We are especially interested in understanding how application level performance is affected when path characteristics (e.g., round trip times and loss rates) are diverse. We address these questions by conducting measurements using one commercial Internet service provider and three major cellular carriers in the US.

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