DYNAMIC SUBFLOW CONTROL FOR A MULTIPATH TRANSPORT CONNECTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK

• Main Authors: CAVENDISH, DIRCEU G, KRISHNASWAMY, DILIP, SOLIMAN, SAMIR S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 28.03.2013
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

A multipath transport protocol such as multipath TCP can utilize metrics such as a wireless link condition corresponding to one or more paths as a parameter for controlling a dynamic allocation of data and control signaling over respective paths. Fault-tolerant control can enable retransmissions of...