On the Use of Concurrent Multipath Transfer over Asymmetric Paths

Abstract--With the deployment of more and more resiliencecritical Internet applications, there is a rising demand for multihomed network sites. This leads to the desire for simultaneously utilising all available access paths to improve application data throughput. This is commonly known as Concurrent Multipath Transfer (CMT); approaches for several Transport Layer protocols have been proposed. Combined with Resource Pooling (RP), CMT can also fairly coexist with concurrent non-CMT flows. Current approaches focus on symmetric paths (i.e. similar bandwidth, delay and error rate). However, asymmetric paths are much more likely

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: GLOBECOM
• Authors: Thomas Dreibholz, Martin Becke, Erwin P. Rathgeb, Michael Tüxen
• Keywords: Asymmetric Paths, Available Access Paths, Communications, Efficient Cmt Usage, GLOBECOM 2010