Multi-path TCP: A joint congestion control and routing scheme to exploit path diversity in the Internet Academic Article

abstract

• 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. 2006 IEEE.

authors

• Shakkottai, Srinivas

published proceedings

• IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORKING

altmetric score

• 6

author list (cited authors)

• Han, H., Shakkottai, S., Hollot, C. V., Srikant, R., & Towsley, D.

citation count

• 265

publication date

• December 2006

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

keywords

• Congestion Control
• Multipath Routing
• Nyquist Stability
• Overlay Networks

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/TNET.2006.886738

start page

• 1260

end page

• 1271

volume

• 14

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tnet.2006.886738