MPTCP-based link congestion detection and traffic control scheme in software-defined networks

Yikun Li; Bong Hwan Oh

doi:10.1016/j.icte.2024.06.006

MPTCP-based link congestion detection and traffic control scheme in software-defined networks

Yikun Li, Bong Hwan Oh^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Internet of Things

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

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Abstract

Multipath TCP (MPTCP) is one of the leading transport layer protocols that enables multipath transmission to improve network performance. However, MPTCP can experience throughput degradation due to link congestion, which causes underutilizing of the network capacity. We proposed a new link congestion detection based on Software-Defined Networking (SDN) for MPTCP that detects and detours link congestion to achieve a stable MPTCP performance. Measurement results show that the proposed scheme enables efficient packet transmission by minimizing the effect of link congestion. Moreover, a combination of the proposed scheme and SDN monitoring enables dynamic traffic control based on the proposed link congestion detection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	735-746
Number of pages	12
Journal	ICT Express
Volume	10
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icte.2024.06.006
Publication status	Published - Aug 2024

Keywords

Link congestion detection
Multipath TCP
Software-defined networks

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