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MPTCP Tunnel: An Architecture for Aggregating Bandwidth of Heterogeneous Access Networks
Joint Authors
Liu, Xiaolan
Shan, Danfeng
Shu, Ran
Zhang, Tong
Source
Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-03-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Fixed and cellular networks are two typical access networks provided by operators.
Fixed access network is widely employed; nevertheless, its bandwidth is sometimes not sufficient enough to meet user bandwidth requirements.
Meanwhile, cellular access network owns unique advantages of wider coverage, faster increasing link speed, more flexible deployment, and so forth.
Therefore, it is attractive for operators to mitigate the bandwidth shortage by bundling these two.
Actually, there have been existing schemes proposed to aggregate the bandwidth of two access networks, whereas they all have their own problems, like packet reordering or extra latency overhead.
To address this problem, we design new architecture, MPTCP Tunnel, to aggregate the bandwidth of multiple heterogeneous access networks from the perspective of operators.
MPTCP Tunnel uses MPTCP, which solves the reordering problem essentially, to bundle multiple access networks.
Besides, MPTCP Tunnel sets up only one MPTCP connection at play which adapts itself to multiple traffic types and TCP flows.
Furthermore, MPTCP Tunnel forwards intact IP packets through access networks, maintaining the end-to-end TCP semantics.
Experimental results manifest that MPTCP Tunnel can efficiently aggregate the bandwidth of multiple access networks and is more adaptable to the increasing heterogeneity of access networks than existing mechanisms.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Liu, Xiaolan& Shan, Danfeng& Shu, Ran& Zhang, Tong. 2018. MPTCP Tunnel: An Architecture for Aggregating Bandwidth of Heterogeneous Access Networks. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1215776
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Liu, Xiaolan…[et al.]. MPTCP Tunnel: An Architecture for Aggregating Bandwidth of Heterogeneous Access Networks. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1215776
American Medical Association (AMA)
Liu, Xiaolan& Shan, Danfeng& Shu, Ran& Zhang, Tong. MPTCP Tunnel: An Architecture for Aggregating Bandwidth of Heterogeneous Access Networks. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1215776
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1215776