Multipath TCP for Short Flows Supported by SDN in Heterogeneous Networks

Abumihsan A, Awad A, Jubran M, Qaroush A, Tumar I, Alshraa A (2023)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2023

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Pages Range: 532-538

Conference Proceedings Title: 2023 8th International Conference on Computer and Communication Systems, ICCCS 2023

Event location: Hybrid, Guangzhou, CHN

ISBN: 9781665456128

DOI: 10.1109/ICCCS57501.2023.10150613

Abstract

Multipath TCP (MPTCP) offers better performance, throughput, and resilience in connection failure cases by dividing the flow into multiple subflows and submitting them over many paths. Generally, MPTCP has a perfect impact on long flows in terms of throughput once transferring data with big sizes. However, MPTCP may degrade the efficiency of short flows, which are sensitive to latency (e.g., web transfer applications). This work investigates the impact of MPTCP on short flows in homogeneous and heterogeneous networks and confirms that a bandwidth gap between paths is a critical factor influencing the performance of the short flows. Therefore, the work uses Software-Defined Networking (SDN) architecture to address the MPTCP problems and improves its performance for short flows. Our performance results show an improvement in MPTCP performance for short flows compared to the disjoint approach.

Authors with CRIS profile

Abdullah Alshraa Computer Science 7 (Computer Networks and Communication Systems)

Involved external institutions

Birzeit University / جامعة بيرزيت‎ PS Palestinian Territory, Occupied (PS)

How to cite

APA:

Abumihsan, A., Awad, A., Jubran, M., Qaroush, A., Tumar, I., & Alshraa, A. (2023). Multipath TCP for Short Flows Supported by SDN in Heterogeneous Networks. In 2023 8th International Conference on Computer and Communication Systems, ICCCS 2023 (pp. 532-538). Hybrid, Guangzhou, CHN: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

MLA:

Abumihsan, Ahmad, et al. "Multipath TCP for Short Flows Supported by SDN in Heterogeneous Networks." Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer and Communication Systems, ICCCS 2023, Hybrid, Guangzhou, CHN Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. 532-538.

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