On Concurrent Multipath Transfer in SCTP-Based Handover Scenarios

Abstract—Handling mobility at the transport layer is a promising approach to achieve seamless handover in the context of heterogeneous wireless access networks. In particular, features such as multihoming and dynamic address reconfiguration provided by mobile SCTP (mSCTP) protocol are among the key enablers for handover support at the transport layer. This paper investigates the applicability of Concurrent Multipath Transfer (CMT) to distribute data among two end-to-end paths of an mSCTP association during the handover transition process. To that end, the principles of the mSCTP-CMT design are given, emphasizing the consequences of a sender-introduced reordering and its effect on congestion control. The proposed mSCTPCMT handover scheme is benchmarked with two other handover schemes, namely mSCTP and SCTP failover-based. Provided analysis indicates the possible application area of mSCTP-CMT, taking into account not only handover scenario parameters (dwelling time, available bandwidt...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: ICC
• Authors: Lukasz Budzisz, Ramon Ferrús, Ferran Casadevall, Paul Amer
• Keywords: Communications, Handover, Handover Schemes, ICC 2009, Seamless Handover