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Multipath QUIC – Directions of the Improvements

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The multipath transmission becomes the recognized alternative for traditional Quality of Service architectures. Recently, the multipath version of TCP protocol and its modern replacement – QUIC – has been proposed. The paper presents the dynamic properties of the data transfer between physical systems, engaging the multipath version of QUIC protocol (MPQUIC) which inherits the properties of its predecessors. The advantages and weaknesses of the transmission are emphasized and compared to the singlepath QUIC. While QUIC is designed to convey HTTP traffic, in the paper, general-purpose networking is investigated. Based on the measurements, the use recommendations are given together with the directions of improvements.

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This work was supported in part by the National Science Centre, Poland, under Grant 2021/41/B/ST7/00108 “Robust control solutions for multi-channel networked flows”.

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    Michał Morawski & Michał Karbowańczyk

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Morawski, M., Karbowańczyk, M. (2022). Multipath QUIC – Directions of the Improvements. In: Xiang, W., Han, F., Phan, T.K. (eds) Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems. BROADNETS 2021. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 413. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93479-8_13

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