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Multipath TCP in Smartphones: Impact on Performance, Energy, and CPU Utilization

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Swetank Kumar Saha,

Abhishek Kannan,

Nishant Ravichandran,

Parag Kamalakar Medhe,

Naved Merchant,

Dimitrios KoutsonikolasAuthors Info & Claims

MobiWac '17: Proceedings of the 15th ACM International Symposium on Mobility Management and Wireless Access

Pages 23 - 31

https://doi.org/10.1145/3132062.3132066

Published: 21 November 2017 Publication History

Abstract

This paper explores the potential benefits and pitfalls of Multipath TCP (MPTCP) in smartphones via an extensive experimental study over real Android applications. We consider different types of applications - upload vs. download intensive, network intensive vs. interactive - and a variety of network conditions, and we study the impact of MPTCP on performance, energy consumption, and CPU utilization. Our results reveal that the benefits of MPTCP in smartphone apps are lower than expected in theory; in several cases, MPTCP in fact can hurt both performance and energy consumption. Our findings can provide insights to smartphone designers and mobile app developers towards improving user experience and extending smartphone battery life.

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Aggarwal SSaha SKhan IPathak RKoutsonikolas DWidmer J(2022)MuSher: An Agile Multipath-TCP Scheduler for Dual-Band 802.11ad/ac Wireless LANsIEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking10.1109/TNET.2022.315867830:4(1879-1894)Online publication date: Aug-2022
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Index Terms

Multipath TCP in Smartphones: Impact on Performance, Energy, and CPU Utilization
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Ubiquitous and mobile computing
    1. Ubiquitous and mobile devices
      1. Smartphones
2. Networks
  1. Network protocols
    1. Transport protocols

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MobiWac '17: Proceedings of the 15th ACM International Symposium on Mobility Management and Wireless Access

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DOI:10.1145/3132062

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