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Published June 2013 | public
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Multipath TCP Algorithms: Theory and Design

Abstract

Multi-path TCP (MP-TCP) has the potential to greatly improve application performance by using multiple paths transparently. We propose a fluid model for a large class of MP-TCP algorithms and identify design criteria that guarantee the existence, uniqueness, and stability of system equilibrium. We characterize algorithm parameters for TCP-friendliness and prove an inevitable tradeoff between responsiveness and friendliness. We discuss the implications of these properties on the behavior of existing algorithms and motivate a new design that generalizes existing algorithms. We use ns2 simulations to evaluate the proposed algorithm and illustrate its superior overall performance.

Additional Information

Copyright 2013 ACM. This work was supported by ARO MURI through grant W911NF-08-1-0233, NSF NetSE through grant CNS 0911041, Bell Labs, Lucent-Alcatel and Wilfred Kwan.

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