A Simulation-Based Performance Study on Concurrent Multi-Path Transmission over Wireless Broad-Band Network

Abstract:

The previous studies showed that the concurrent multi-path transmission (CMT) schemes can only play their advantage in the narrow-band networks (the most CMT experiments use 2M bandwidth). In this paper, the authors investigate the performance profits of CMT schemes with various network bandwidths. The simulation results show that the CMT schemes can work better in broad-band networks (e.g., over 20M bandwidth) than in narrow-band networks. This also implies that the CMT schemes have the potential to be applied in the field of multimedia transmission.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 513-517)
• Pages: 2228-2231
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.513-517.2228
• Online since: February 2014
• Authors: Jing Ji Jin*, Lin Cui, Xin Cui, Woo Jin Lee, Seok J. Koh
• Keywords: CMT, CMT-SCTP, Performance Profit, Simulation

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