Multipath TCP for User Cooperation in Wireless Networks

This brief presents several enhancement modules to Multipath Transmission Control Prool (MPTCP) in order to support stable and efficient multipath transmission with user cooperation in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. The text explains how these enhancements provide a stable aggregate throughput to the upper—layer applications; guarantee a steady goodput, which is the real application—layer perceived throughput; and ensure that the local traffic of the relays is not adversely affected...