TY - JOUR
T1 - Study on Characteristics of Metric-aware Multipath Algorithms in Real Heterogeneous Networks
AU - Zhang, Xiaoya
AU - Dong, Ping
AU - Du, Xiaojiang
AU - Zhang, Yuyang
AU - Zhang, Hongke
AU - Guizan, Mohsen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Multipath transmission is considered one of the promising solutions to improve wireless resource utilization where there are many kinds of heterogeneous networks around. Most scheduling algorithms rely on real-time network metrics, including delay, packet loss, and arrival rates, and achieve satisfying results in simulation or wired environments. However, the implicit premise of a scheduling algorithm may conflict with the characteristics of real heterogeneous wireless networks, which has been ignored before. This paper analyzes the real network metrics of three Chinese heterogeneous wireless networks under different transmission rates. To make the results more convincing, we conduct experiments in various scenarios, including different locations, different times of the day, different numbers of users, and different motion speeds. Further, we verify the suitability of a typical delay-aware multipath scheduling algorithm, Lowest Round Trip Time, in heterogeneous networks based on the actual data measured above. Finally, we conclude the characteristics of heterogeneous wireless networks, which need to be considered in a well-designed multipath scheduling algorithm.
AB - Multipath transmission is considered one of the promising solutions to improve wireless resource utilization where there are many kinds of heterogeneous networks around. Most scheduling algorithms rely on real-time network metrics, including delay, packet loss, and arrival rates, and achieve satisfying results in simulation or wired environments. However, the implicit premise of a scheduling algorithm may conflict with the characteristics of real heterogeneous wireless networks, which has been ignored before. This paper analyzes the real network metrics of three Chinese heterogeneous wireless networks under different transmission rates. To make the results more convincing, we conduct experiments in various scenarios, including different locations, different times of the day, different numbers of users, and different motion speeds. Further, we verify the suitability of a typical delay-aware multipath scheduling algorithm, Lowest Round Trip Time, in heterogeneous networks based on the actual data measured above. Finally, we conclude the characteristics of heterogeneous wireless networks, which need to be considered in a well-designed multipath scheduling algorithm.
KW - Heterogeneous Wireless Network
KW - Measurement
KW - Metrics-aware
KW - Multipath
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U2 - 10.1109/GLOBECOM46510.2021.9685343
DO - 10.1109/GLOBECOM46510.2021.9685343
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85184376351
SN - 2334-0983
JO - Proceedings - IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM
JF - Proceedings - IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM
T2 - 2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2021
Y2 - 7 December 2021 through 11 December 2021
ER -