Observing real Multipath TCP traffic

Computer Communications

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 114-122

  Tran, Viet Hoang ^a   De Coninck, Quentin ^a   Hesmans, Benjamin ^a   Sadre, Ramin ^a   Bonaventure, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Measurement; Networking; Performance; Transport layer

Indexed keywords

INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MEASUREMENTS;

INTERESTING POINTS; INTERNET PATHS; MULTIPLE INTERFACES; NETWORKING; PERFORMANCE; REAL NETWORKS; ROUND TRIP TIME; TRANSPORT LAYERS;

TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

EID: 84975780081     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2016.01.014     Document Type: Article

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