Paper Info
Title
Network coding: A remedy for receiver buffer blocking in the concurrent multipath transfer of data over multi-hop wireless networks
Abstract
Multi-homed wireless devices equipped with multiple network interfaces that support the Concurrent Multipath Transfer (CMT) of data are an inevitable part of future wireless networks. The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a multi-homed transport layer protocol that can support CMT. However, the receiver buffer blocking issue causes throughput degradation and prevents CMT from realizing its vast potential over multi-hop wireless networks. This paper is focused on integrating network coding with SCTP-based CMT to resolve the receiver buffer blocking problem. We propose an adaptive network coding mechanism for SCTP-CMT to desensitize the receiver against packet reordering and consequently eliminate the receiver buffer blocking problem. Our state-of-the-art network coding scheme uses a Q-learning algorithm to control the number of redundant packets based on the network dynamics. The effectiveness and soundness of the proposed scheme is demonstrated through simulations and proved to outperform original SCTP-CMT up to a factor of 62% in the presence of severe path dissimilarities and limited receiver buffer. Our proposed scheme is one step forward towards future multi-homed devices over multi-hop wireless networks.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/ICC.2014.6883823
Communications
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
adaptive codes,multipath channels,network coding,radio networks,transport protocols,CMT,Q-learning algorithm,SCTP,adaptive network coding mechanism,concurrent multipath transfer,multihomed transport layer protocol,multihop wireless networks,multiple network interfaces,network dynamics,packet reordering,receiver buffer blocking elimination,stream control transmission protocol,wireless devices
Conference
1550-3607
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.38
6
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nasim Arianpoo1575.32
Ilknur Aydin2896.13
Victor C. M. Leung39717759.02