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Total Authors: 3
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| Affiliation: | [1] Fed Univ Sao Paulo ICT UNIFESP, BR-12247014 Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP - Brazil
[2] Fed Univ Itajuba IESTI UNIFEI, BR-37500903 Itajuba, MG - Brazil
[3] Fed Univ Minas Gerais DCC UFMG, BR-31270901 Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | IEEE SYSTEMS JOURNAL; v. 15, n. 1, p. 1445-1457, MAR 2021. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 2 |
| Abstract | |
Multipath transmission control protocol (MPTCP) is a transport protocol that allows the simultaneous use of multiple transmission control protocol subflows across the existing IP addresses between peers. Since each subflow undergoes the bottleneck link condition of its path, selecting the best subflow to schedule an outgoing packet plays a key role in the multipath performance. While good scheduling decisions can significantly improve throughput, wrong decisions prevent users from benefiting the aggregating capacities of available subflows. To deal with this concern, in the last years, several scheduling solutions were proposed to achieve different goals and applications. Different from other surveys and tutorials, in this article, we provide a tutorial of packet scheduling in the MPTCP that brings not only its fundamentals but also a detailed analysis of multipath performance from a consistent experimental methodology. In a multipath network setup, we compare single-criterion and multicriteria schedulers under different bottleneck conditions and multipath congestion controls. From a comprehensive experimental analysis that unveils several performance issues, we discuss the lessons learned and research opportunities regarding the multipath throughput improvement as the central motivation. In this way, this article provides a comprehensive analysis of packet scheduling in the MPTCP, not only in theory but in practice as well. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/24494-8 - Communications and processing of big data in cloud and fog computing |
| Grantee: | Nelson Luis Saldanha da Fonseca |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/18808-0 - Technologies of software-defined mobile connectivity control for Internet-Integrated dense environments |
| Grantee: | Bruno Yuji Lino Kimura |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 18/23064-8 - Mobility in urban computing: characterization, modeling and applications (MOBILIS) |
| Grantee: | Antonio Alfredo Ferreira Loureiro |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |