Peekaboo: Learning-Based Multipath Scheduling for Dynamic Heterogeneous EnvironmentsShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, ISSN 0733-8716, E-ISSN 1558-0008, Vol. 38, no 10, p. 2295-2310Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Multipath transport protocols utilize multiple network paths (e.g., WiFi and cellular) to achieve improved performance and reliability, compared with their single-path counterparts. The scheduler of a multipath transport protocol determines how to distribute the data packets onto different paths. However, state-of-the-art multipath schedulers face the challenge when dealing with heterogeneous paths with dynamic path characteristics (i.e., packet loss, fluctuation of delay). In this paper, we propose Peekaboo, a novel learning-based multipath scheduler that is aware of the dynamic characteristics of the heterogeneous paths. Peekaboo is able to learn scheduling decisions to adopt over time based on the current path characteristics and dynamicity levels - from both deterministic and stochastic perspectives. We implement Peekaboo in Multipath QUIC (MPQUIC) and compare it with state-of-the-art multipath schedulers for a wide range of dynamic heterogeneous environments, upon both emulated and real networks. Our results show that Peekaboo outperforms the other schedulers by up to 31.2% in emulated networks and up to 36.3% in real network scenarios.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2020. Vol. 38, no 10, p. 2295-2310
Keywords [en]
Dynamic scheduling, Delays, Transport protocols, Wireless fidelity, Receivers, Decision making, Bandwidth, Multipath scheduling, dynamic heterogeneous paths, multi-armed bandit, stochastic adjustment
National Category
Computer Sciences
Research subject
Computer Science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-80758DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2020.3000365ISI: 000571725400007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85086743164OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-80758DiVA, id: diva2:1475066
2020-10-122020-10-122023-06-30Bibliographically approved