@inproceedings { AINA2017-BufferSize,
	title = {The Performance Impact of Buffer Sizes for Multi-Path TCP in Internet Setups},
	journal = {Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA)},
	year = {2017},
	month = {03/2017},
	publisher = {IEEE},
	address = {Taipei, Taiwan/People{\textquoteright}s Republic of China},
	abstract = {The Multi-Path Transmission Control Protocol (MPTCP) is the new concurrent multi-path transfer extension for the widely-deployed Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). Of course, having multiple and possibly highly dissimilar paths for transmission is a challenge for the management of the send and receive buffers, since optimal throughput is desired with a reasonable allocation of the limited memory resources in MPTCP endpoints. This is particularly important when many MPTCP connections have to be handled simultaneously. This paper measures out the required MPTCP buffer size in the real-world Internet testbed NorNet, comparing theoretical size and real size to analyse MPTCP performance. The experiment shows that multi-path transmission can effectively increase the application payload throughput, and greatly improve the robustness of the data transmission. As an important point of this paper, we can show that appropriate buffer size settings can increase the payload throughput, while not wasting resources. This paper has certain significance for further accurately determining the optimal buffer size settings for multi-path transmission in large-scale Internet setups.},
	keywords = {Buffer Size, Multi-Path TCP (MPTCP), Multi-Path Transport, Robustness, Throughput},
	doi = {10.1109/AINA.2017.26},
	author = {Zhou, Feng and Dreibholz, Thomas and Zhou, Xing and Fu, Fa and Tan, Yuyin and Gan, Quan},
	editor = {Takizawa, Makoto and Barolli, Leonard}
}
@inproceedings {23843,
	title = {Performance Comparison of Congestion Control Strategies for Multi-Path TCP in the NorNet Testbed},
	journal = {4th IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC)},
	year = {2015},
	month = {11/2015},
	address = {Shenzhen, Guangdong/People{\textquoteright}s Republic of China},
	abstract = {Multi-path transport has become a hot topic in Internet protocol research with the evolution of emerging technologies, particularly with the market penetration of access terminals having multiple network interfaces (e.g.\ smartphones with LTE/UMTS and Wi-Fi interfaces). Multi-Path TCP (MPTCP) is an extension of TCP that allows a connection to create several subflows for utilizing multiple network paths. Using multiple end-to-end TCP connections as subflows, MPTCP distributes data to different subflows over multiple ISPs, so as to enhance network robustness and improve throughput. This paper first presents MPTCP{\textquoteright}s architecture and multi-path congestion control algorithm concepts. Then, it examines three test scenarios in the NorNet testbed, particularly highlighting the performance difference between using uncoupled and coupled congestion controls in multi-homed, real-world Internet setups. The results show that MPTCP with coupled CCs gets more benefits than TCP and demonstrates the lower aggressiveness in comparison to MPTCP with uncoupled CCs.},
	keywords = {congestion control, Multi-Path TCP~(MPTCP), Multi-Path Transport, Performance Analysis},
	author = {Fa, Fu and Zhou, Xing and Wang, Keying and Zhou, Feng and Dreibholz, Thomas and Gan, Quan}
}
