• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems
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Receiver-centric Buffer Blocking-aware Multipath Data Distribution in MPTCP-based Heterogeneous Wireless Networks


Abstract

One major concern of applying Multipath TCP (MPTCP) to data delivery in heterogeneous wireless networks is that the utilization of asymmetric paths with diverse networking-related parameters may cause severe packet reordering and receive buffer blocking (RB2LOC). Although many efforts are devoting to addressing MPTCP’s packet reordering problems, their sender-controlled solutions do not consider balancing overhead between an MPTCP sender and receiver, and their fully MPTCP mode cannot make MPTCP achieve a desired performance. This paper proposes a novel receiver-centric buffer blocking-aware data scheduling strategy for MPTCP (dubbed MPTCP-rec) necessitating the following aims: (1) alleviating MPTCP’s packet reordering and RB2LOC problems, (2) improving the MPTCP performance, and (3) balancing load between the MPTCP sender and receiver. Simulation results show that the proposed MPTCP-rec solution outperforms the existing MPTCP solutions in terms of data delivery performance in heterogeneous wireless networks.


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Cite this article

[IEEE Style]
Y. Cao, Q. Liu, Y. Zuo, F. Ke, H. Wang, M. Huang, "Receiver-centric Buffer Blocking-aware Multipath Data Distribution in MPTCP-based Heterogeneous Wireless Networks," KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, vol. 10, no. 10, pp. 4642-4660, 2016. DOI: 10.3837/tiis.2016.10.002.

[ACM Style]
Yuanlong Cao, Qinghua Liu, Yi Zuo, Fenfen Ke, Hao Wang, and Minghe Huang. 2016. Receiver-centric Buffer Blocking-aware Multipath Data Distribution in MPTCP-based Heterogeneous Wireless Networks. KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, 10, 10, (2016), 4642-4660. DOI: 10.3837/tiis.2016.10.002.

[BibTeX Style]
@article{tiis:21236, title="Receiver-centric Buffer Blocking-aware Multipath Data Distribution in MPTCP-based Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", author="Yuanlong Cao and Qinghua Liu and Yi Zuo and Fenfen Ke and Hao Wang and Minghe Huang and ", journal="KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems", DOI={10.3837/tiis.2016.10.002}, volume={10}, number={10}, year="2016", month={October}, pages={4642-4660}}