Paper Info
Title
A First Study on Using MPTCP to Reduce Latency for Cloud Based Mobile Applications
Abstract
Currently, Multipath TCP (MPTCP) ¿ a modification to standard TCP that enables the concurrent use of several network paths in a single TCP connection ¿ is being standardized by IETF. This paper provides a comprehensive evaluation of the use of MPTCP to reduce latency and thus improve the quality of experience or QoE for cloud-based applications. In particular, the paper considers the possible reductions in latency that could be obtained by using MPTCP and multiple network paths between a cloud service and a mobile end user. To obtain an appreciation of the expected latency performance for different types of cloud traffic, three applications are studied, Netflix, Google Maps, and Google Docs, representing typical applications generating high-, mid-, and low-intensity traffic. The results suggest that MPTCP could provide significant latency reductions for cloud applications, especially for applications such as Netflix and Google Maps. Moreover, the results suggest that MPTCP offers a reduced latency despite a few percent packet loss, and in spite of limited differences in the round-trip times of the network paths in an MPTCP connection. Still, larger differences in the round-trip times seem to significantly increase the application latency, especially for Netflix, Google Maps, and similar applications. Thus, to become an even better alternative to these applications, this paper suggests that the MPTCP packet scheduling policy should be changed: Apart from the round-trip times of the network paths in a connection, it should also consider the difference in round-trip time between the network paths.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/ISCC.2015.7405495
IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications
Keywords
Field
DocType
MPTCP,latency reduction,cloud based mobile applications,multipath TCP,cloud service,mobile end user,cloud traffic,Netflix,Google Maps,Google Docs,round-trip times,network paths
Kernel (linear algebra),Computer science,Latency (engineering),Multipath TCP,Packet loss,Computer network,Quality of experience,Mobile telephony,Cloud computing,Distributed computing,Mobile end
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.44
8
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Karl-Johan Grinnemo114321.42
Anna Brunstrom2445125.16