A new application‐level link aggregation and its implementation on Android terminals
Takafumi Takiguchi, Akira Hidaka, Masui Hiromu, Yoshio Sugizaki, Osamu Mizuno, Koichi Asatani · Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing · 2012
ABSTRACT Link aggregation bundles multiple physical links on a single virtual link, enabling very high‐speed and large‐capacity data communications. It also enables redundant communications. Several link aggregation methods have been proposed. These methods utilize transport/or lower layer link aggregation. In this paper, a new application‐level link aggregation is proposed and implemented on Android operating system (OS), which is one of the popular OSs for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs. The proposed application‐level link aggregation method is verified with use of an implemented terminal. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.