A programming model for application-defined multipath TCP scheduling
Alexander Frömmgen, Amr Rizk, Tobias Erbshäußer, Mira Weller, Boris Koldehofe, Alejandro Buchmann, Ralf Steinmetz · 2017
Multipath TCP enables remarkable optimizations for throughput, load balancing, and mobility in today's networks. The design space of Multipath TCP scheduling, i.e., the application-aware mapping of packets to paths, is largely unexplored due to its inherent complexity. Evidence in this paper suggests that an application-aware scheduling decision, if leveraged right, pushes Multipath TCP beyond throughput optimization and thereby provides benefits for a wide range of applications.