On the Potential of MP-QUIC as Transport Layer Aggregator for Multiple Cellular Networks
Multipath transport protocols have the ability to simultaneously utilize the different paths and thus outperform single-path solutions in terms of achievable goodput, latency, or reliability. In this paper our goal is to examine the potential of connecting a mobile terminal to multiple mobile networ...
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| author | Zsolt Krämer Felicián Németh Attila Mihály Sándor Molnár István Pelle Gergely Pongrácz Donát Scharnitzky |
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| description | Multipath transport protocols have the ability to simultaneously utilize the different paths and thus outperform single-path solutions in terms of achievable goodput, latency, or reliability. In this paper our goal is to examine the potential of connecting a mobile terminal to multiple mobile networks simultaneously in a dynamically changing environment. To achieve this, first we analyze a dataset obtained from an LTE drive test involving two operators. Then we study the performance of MP-QUIC, the multipath extension of QUIC, in a dynamic emulated environment generated from the collected traces. Our results show that MP-QUIC may leverage multiple available channels to provide uninterrupted connectivity, and a better overall goodput even when compared to using only the best available channel for communication. We also compare the MP-QUIC performance with MPTCP, identify challenges with the current protocol implementations to fill in the available aggregate capacity, and give insights on how the achievable throughput could be increased. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-17c9e26da5dd4fe6b812e46912c5bc332023-11-23T08:04:22ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922022-05-01119149210.3390/electronics11091492On the Potential of MP-QUIC as Transport Layer Aggregator for Multiple Cellular NetworksZsolt Krämer0Felicián Németh1Attila Mihály2Sándor Molnár3István Pelle4Gergely Pongrácz5Donát Scharnitzky6High Speed Networks Laboratory, Department of Telecommunications and Media Informatics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Budapest Univsersity of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3, H-1111 Budapest, HungaryHigh Speed Networks Laboratory, Department of Telecommunications and Media Informatics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Budapest Univsersity of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3, H-1111 Budapest, HungaryEricsson Hungary, H-1117 Budapest, HungaryHigh Speed Networks Laboratory, Department of Telecommunications and Media Informatics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Budapest Univsersity of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3, H-1111 Budapest, HungaryHigh Speed Networks Laboratory, Department of Telecommunications and Media Informatics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Budapest Univsersity of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3, H-1111 Budapest, HungaryEricsson Hungary, H-1117 Budapest, HungaryHigh Speed Networks Laboratory, Department of Telecommunications and Media Informatics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Budapest Univsersity of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3, H-1111 Budapest, HungaryMultipath transport protocols have the ability to simultaneously utilize the different paths and thus outperform single-path solutions in terms of achievable goodput, latency, or reliability. In this paper our goal is to examine the potential of connecting a mobile terminal to multiple mobile networks simultaneously in a dynamically changing environment. To achieve this, first we analyze a dataset obtained from an LTE drive test involving two operators. Then we study the performance of MP-QUIC, the multipath extension of QUIC, in a dynamic emulated environment generated from the collected traces. Our results show that MP-QUIC may leverage multiple available channels to provide uninterrupted connectivity, and a better overall goodput even when compared to using only the best available channel for communication. We also compare the MP-QUIC performance with MPTCP, identify challenges with the current protocol implementations to fill in the available aggregate capacity, and give insights on how the achievable throughput could be increased.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/11/9/1492QUICMP-QUICmultipathLTEcellular networks |
| spellingShingle | Zsolt Krämer Felicián Németh Attila Mihály Sándor Molnár István Pelle Gergely Pongrácz Donát Scharnitzky On the Potential of MP-QUIC as Transport Layer Aggregator for Multiple Cellular Networks Electronics QUIC MP-QUIC multipath LTE cellular networks |
| title | On the Potential of MP-QUIC as Transport Layer Aggregator for Multiple Cellular Networks |
| title_full | On the Potential of MP-QUIC as Transport Layer Aggregator for Multiple Cellular Networks |
| title_fullStr | On the Potential of MP-QUIC as Transport Layer Aggregator for Multiple Cellular Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the Potential of MP-QUIC as Transport Layer Aggregator for Multiple Cellular Networks |
| title_short | On the Potential of MP-QUIC as Transport Layer Aggregator for Multiple Cellular Networks |
| title_sort | on the potential of mp quic as transport layer aggregator for multiple cellular networks |
| topic | QUIC MP-QUIC multipath LTE cellular networks |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/11/9/1492 |
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