A thin-layer protocol for utilizing multiple paths
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
12-11-2009
Abstract
Utilizing multiple paths between network hosts (such as robots or sensors) will improve network performance, path availability and connection reliability. This paper presents a cross layer multiple path approach named Proxy Server based Multipath Connection. Multiple paths are set up via a set of intermediate proxy servers using IP tunneling. Packet distribution and reassembly are achieved by inserting a thin layer between the network layer and the transport layer. On the sender side, packets are distributed across multiple paths based on predefined striping schemes. On the receiver side, a double buffer approach is proposed to solve the TCP sequence number persistent reordering problem. A prototype was implemented on the Linux and Windows systems. Experimental results show that the proposed approach can improve network throughput and is robust to network congestion and link breakage. © 2009 IEEE.
Publication Title
2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009
Recommended Citation
Cai, Y.
(2009).
A thin-layer protocol for utilizing multiple paths.
2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009, 1049-1054.
http://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2009.5354009
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