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Multipath TCP: an overview

Multipath TCP: an overview

Posted Mar 27, 2013 9:27 UTC (Wed) by osma (subscriber, #6912)
Parent article: Multipath TCP: an overview

This is a bit similar (but obviously much more generic) to what mosh does today with ssh connections, though mosh uses UDP. I've been a happy user of mosh on my smartphone (Nokia N9) since I discovered it, as it makes shell sessions much more bearable even with intermittent WiFi and 3G connectivity.


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Multipath TCP: an overview

Posted Mar 28, 2013 17:31 UTC (Thu) by jnareb (subscriber, #46500) [Link]

But mosh requires that you have mosh-server installed on remote server, isn't it?

MPTCP is to be completely transparent.

Multipath TCP: an overview

Posted Mar 31, 2013 16:35 UTC (Sun) by martinfick (subscriber, #4455) [Link]

Well it isn't completely transparent, you still need MPTCP support on the server.

Multipath TCP: an overview

Posted Mar 31, 2013 21:20 UTC (Sun) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]

But the server support could be completely in the OS, transparent to the application couldn't it?

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