Multi-Path TCP: A Joint Congestion Control and Routing Scheme to Exploit Path Diversity in the Internet

K. Seena Naik; Dr. G. A. Ramachandra; M. V. Bramhananda Reddy

We consider the problem of congestion-aware multi-path routing in the Internet. Currently, Internet routing protocols select only a single path between a source and a destination. However, due to many policy routing decisions, single-path routing may limit the achievable throughput. In this paper, we envision a scenario where multi-path routing is enabled in the Internet to take advantage of path diversity. Using minimal congestion feedback signals from the routers, we present a class of algorithms that can be implemented at the sources to stably and optimally split the flow between each source-destination pair. We then show that the connection level throughput region of such multi-path routing/congestion control algorithms can be larger than that of a single-path congestion control scheme.

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• Volume 5 Issue 1, Jan. 2014

Year:

2014

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

Congestion Control; Multi-Path Routing; Throughput; Overlay Networks

Journal:

IJECCE

Volume:

5

Number:

1

Pages:

201-205

Month:

January