2nd International ICST Conference on Wireless Internet

Research Article

Design and implementation of a socket-level bandwidth aggregation mechanism for wireless networks

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1145/1234161.1234172,
        author={Hiroshi  SAKAKIBARA and Masato  SAITO and Hideyuki  TOKUDA},
        title={Design and implementation of a socket-level bandwidth aggregation mechanism for wireless networks},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Wireless Internet},
        publisher={ACM},
        proceedings_a={WICON},
        year={2006},
        month={8},
        keywords={Bandwidth Aggregation Heterogeneous wireless networks multihomed mobile host},
        doi={10.1145/1234161.1234172}
    }
    
  • Hiroshi SAKAKIBARA
    Masato SAITO
    Hideyuki TOKUDA
    Year: 2006
    Design and implementation of a socket-level bandwidth aggregation mechanism for wireless networks
    WICON
    ACM
    DOI: 10.1145/1234161.1234172
Hiroshi SAKAKIBARA1,2,*, Masato SAITO3,2,*, Hideyuki TOKUDA1,2,*
  • 1: Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, 5322, Endo, Fujisawa,
  • 2: Kanagawa, Japan
  • 3: Graduate School of Media and Governance Keio University, 5322, Endo, Fujisawa,
*Contact email: skk@ht.sfc.keio.ac.jp, masato@ht.sfc.keio.ac.jp, hxt@ht.sfc.keio.ac.jp

Abstract

This paper proposes a mechanism to aggregate bandwidth of multiple network interfaces on a computer. Recently one single computer entails multiple different wireless network interfaces, such as IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth, WiMAX, and so on. They can be combined, and we can aquire broad bandwidth. We designed and developed a Socket-level Bandwidth Aggregation Mechanism (SBAM). SBAM can aggregate multiple interfaces on a computer to offer broad bandwidth. In addition, implementation in socket layer causes easy deployment and adaptation to existing environment. We evaluated SBAM under actual wireless network environments. SBAM offers broad bandwidth by utilizing various wireless devices on a computer while it avoids modification to existing environment.