Title: TCP Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple Addresses
Abstract: TCP/IP communication is currently restricted to a single path per
connection, yet multiple paths often exist between peers. The
simultaneous use of these multiple paths for a TCP/IP session would
improve resource usage within the network and, thus, improve user
experience through higher throughput and improved resilience to
network failure. Multipath TCP provides the ability to simultaneously
use multiple paths between peers. This document presents a set of
extensions to traditional TCP to support multipath operation. The
protocol offers the same type of service to applications as TCP (i.e.,
reliable bytestream), and it provides the components necessary to
establish and use multiple TCP flows across potentially disjoint
paths. This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet
community.
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-03-01
Language: en
Type: report
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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