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Re:The Linux kernel MultiPath TCP project by zokier on Friday April 19, 2013 @05:47PM (#5578860)
I wonder how difficult it would be to set up a MPTCP gateway/VPN, so that you could get the benefits of MPTCP all the time without requiring MPTCP support from the server you are connecting to.

eg:

    +--------+              +---------+          +---------+
    | Smart- +----WiFi----->| Gateway +---1Gb--->| Youtube |
    | phone  +-----3G------>|         |          |         |
    +--------+              +---------+          +---------+
                  MPTCP                   TCP
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Re:The Linux kernel MultiPath TCP project by trotsky on Friday April 19, 2013 @10:30PM (#5579698)
It looks like you can do that with a proxy approach, there are active ietf drafts concerning proxies:

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-hampel-mptcp-proxies-anchor...

Encapsulating tcp/udp inside it probably doesn't work very due to conflicts between the layers of buffers and congestion control.

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Re:The Linux kernel MultiPath TCP project by mad_fab on Saturday April 20, 2013 @06:08AM (#5580937)
Yes, a proxy solution is definitely a way to go, but to help the deployment only. In the end we shouldn't need those.
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