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Authors:
Miguel Angel Patiño González
Takeshi Higashino
Minoru Okada
Keywords: Mobile WiMAX;cell edge;MPTCP;multipath
Abstract:
Recently, many laptops, smartphones and tablets are equipped with several broadband wireless interfaces, such as WiFi and Mobile WiMAX. However, the current Transport Control Protocol (TCP) only allows a single interface to be active at any moment, while the remaining ones are not used. Multipath TCP (MPTCP) is a proposed extension to standard TCP, which aims to exploit the availability of such multiple interfaces. This multipath capability is of great importance for current and future communication systems. In this work, we study the potential of MPTCP for improving uplink throughput at the WiMAX cell edge by dynamic data offloading to WiFi. To this end, we conducted measurements on real Mobile WiMAX/WiFi networks. The results show that MPTCP can significantly improve the uplink throughput of Mobile WiMAX users and also reduce the round-trip time (RTT).
Pages: 201 to 206
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012
Publication date: November 18, 2012
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2163-9027
ISBN: 978-1-61208-231-8
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Dates: from November 18, 2012 to November 23, 2012