MPTCP

Multipath TCP (MPTCP) extend is the most widely used transport protocol on the internet (TCP) so that it can use several physical paths (e.g., Wifi, cellular, between multihomed servers). This allows to speed up transfers, smoothly transition from wifi to cellular when leaving one's house or potentially avoid traffic spying.

ProjectID

NGI-POINTER-PROJECT-15

Acronym

POINTER-ARCH15

Additional Info

https://github.com/teto/

Enduser Relevance

Infrastructure architects and builders, governments and big companies

Contact

mattator@gmail.com

Endorsements

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Disclaimer

While the protocol is proven to work well in certain conditions (the fastest TCP connection ever was using MPTCP), it is configuration-sensitive and can degrade badly under adverse conditions (for instance in heterogeneous networks with small buffers).

Country:  France

NGI Project:  NGI pointer

Status: Tested and internet-scalable solution

Category: Network infrastructure (including routing, peer-to-peer and virtual private networking)