# Multipath TCP: Analysis, Design and Implementation

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.3119 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1308.3119/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 14 Aug 2013.

## Built on by (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [Fair and Efficient Distributed Edge Learning with Hybrid Multipath TCP](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2211.09723/) (2022)
- [AFAFed -- Protocol analysis](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2206.14927/) (2022)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Multi-path TCP (MP-TCP) has the potential to greatly improve application performance by using multiple paths transparently. We propose a fluid model for a large class of MP-TCP algorithms and identify design criteria that guarantee the existence, uniqueness, and stability of system equilibrium. We clarify how algorithm parameters impact TCP-friendliness, responsiveness, and window oscillation and demonstrate an inevitable tradeoff among these properties. We discuss the implications of these properties on the behavior of existing algorithms and motivate a new design that generalizes existing algorithms and strikes a good balance among TCP-friendliness, responsiveness, and window oscillation. We have implemented our algorithm in the Linux kernel. We use our prototype to compare the new algorithm with existing MP-TCP algorithms.