Performance analysis of MPTCP and CMT-SCTP multi-path transport protocols

Achieving multipath transport by terminal's multi-homed characteristics is a hot topic of Internet protocol application.MPTCP and CMT-SCTP are both more mature and key protocols for multipath transmission, but there is still a lot of performance analysis needed before large-scale application. This paper presents the behaviors of MPTCP and CMT-SCTP multipath transmission and compares the difference between both protocols on the local test-bed environment. Results show that both MPTCP and CMT-SCTP protocols can significantly increase throughput. Meanwhile the scheduling strategy for transmission is still not perfect and needs further improvement.