Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control of packet transfer through a multipath session comprising a single congestion window
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Application No.: US13579008Application Date: 2011-02-17
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Publication No.: US09660912B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Stephane Gouache , Amine Bsila , Guillaume Bichot
- Applicant: Stephane Gouache , Amine Bsila , Guillaume Bichot
- Applicant Address: FR Issy-les-Moulineaux
- Assignee: Thomson Licensing
- Current Assignee: Thomson Licensing
- Current Assignee Address: FR Issy-les-Moulineaux
- Agency: Myers Wolin, LLC
- Priority: EP10290087 20100219
- International Application: PCT/EP2011/052377 WO 20110217
- International Announcement: WO2011/101425 WO 20110825
- Main IPC: H04L12/841
- IPC: H04L12/841 ; H04L12/801 ; H04L12/707 ; H04L12/803

Abstract:
A method for controlling a packet transfer through a multipath session is disclosed. The method comprises a number of n paths linking a first endpoint to a second endpoint, n being an integer greater or equal to 2, i being an integer and 1≦i≦n; each path Pi being defined by a couple of addresses of a communication interface of the first and second endpoint; the first endpoint being configured for sending the packet to the second endpoint through anyone of the paths; the second endpoint being configured for sending an acknowledgment message through anyone of the paths when the second endpoint received a packet. According to the invention, the method involves, at the first endpoint and at a time t, steps of: assessing a load distribution L through the path Pi based on evaluations of a round-trip-time RTT over the path Pi for every i between 1 and n; evaluating a current available load distribution R from the data load distribution L , from an aggregated size of packets D currently assigned to be transmitted on the path Pi for every i between 1 and N, and from the aggregated size of packets D currently assigned to be transmitted on any of the paths; selecting a path Pi among the from the current available load distribution R ; sending the packet on the selected path such that the aggregated size of packets D to transmit through the selected path Pi is lower than a congestion window cwnd whose value is evaluated globally by the first endpoint for the multipath session. A device for controlling a transfer of a packet through a multipath session implementing the method is further disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120320752A1 CONTROL OF PACKET TRANSFER THROUGH A MULTIPATH SESSION COMPRISING A SINGLE CONGESTION WINDOW Public/Granted day:2012-12-20
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