With multiple network interfaces are being widely equipped in modern mobile devices, the Multipath TCP (MPTCP) is increasingly becoming the preferred transport technique since it can uses multiple network interfaces simultaneously to spread the data across multiple network paths for throughput improvement. However, the MPTCP performance can be seriously affected by the use of a poor-performing path in multipath transmission, especially in the presence of network attacks, in which an MPTCP path would abrupt and frequent become underperforming caused by attacks. In this paper, we propose a multi-expert Learning-based MPTCP variant, called MPTCP-meLearning, to enhance MPTCP performance robustness against network attacks. MPTCP-meLearning introduces a new kind of predictor to possibly achieve better quality prediction accuracy for each of multiple paths, by leveraging a group of representative formula-based predictors. MPTCP-meLearning includes a novel mechanism to intelligently manage multiple paths in order to possibly mitigate the out-of-order reception and receive buffer blocking problems. Experimental results demonstrate that MPTCP-meLearning can achieve better transmission performance and quality of service than the baseline MPTCP scheme.
Yuanlong CAO
Jiangxi Normal University
Ruiwen JI
Jiangxi Normal University
Lejun JI
Jiangxi Normal University
Xun SHAO
Kitami Institute of Technology
Gang LEI
Jiangxi Normal University
Hao WANG
Jiangxi Normal University
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Yuanlong CAO, Ruiwen JI, Lejun JI, Xun SHAO, Gang LEI, Hao WANG, "MPTCP-meLearning: A Multi-Expert Learning-Based MPTCP Extension to Enhance Multipathing Robustness against Network Attacks" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information,
vol. E104-D, no. 11, pp. 1795-1804, November 2021, doi: 10.1587/transinf.2021NGP0009.
Abstract: With multiple network interfaces are being widely equipped in modern mobile devices, the Multipath TCP (MPTCP) is increasingly becoming the preferred transport technique since it can uses multiple network interfaces simultaneously to spread the data across multiple network paths for throughput improvement. However, the MPTCP performance can be seriously affected by the use of a poor-performing path in multipath transmission, especially in the presence of network attacks, in which an MPTCP path would abrupt and frequent become underperforming caused by attacks. In this paper, we propose a multi-expert Learning-based MPTCP variant, called MPTCP-meLearning, to enhance MPTCP performance robustness against network attacks. MPTCP-meLearning introduces a new kind of predictor to possibly achieve better quality prediction accuracy for each of multiple paths, by leveraging a group of representative formula-based predictors. MPTCP-meLearning includes a novel mechanism to intelligently manage multiple paths in order to possibly mitigate the out-of-order reception and receive buffer blocking problems. Experimental results demonstrate that MPTCP-meLearning can achieve better transmission performance and quality of service than the baseline MPTCP scheme.
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