隨著越來越多的裝置配備具有多重網路介面，能提供更加可靠的多重定址技術來增強傳輸速率和對抗網路錯誤和變得尤其重要。多路徑資料傳輸是被設計來達成多重定址網路。多路徑資料傳輸可以透過每條路徑來傳送資料以最大化傳輸速率。然而多路徑資料傳輸會造一個接收方緩衝區溢滿的發生，尤其是在無線網路中。一旦接收方緩衝區溢滿，傳送方一次只能傳送一個封包給接收方。而造成接收方緩衝區溢滿的主要原因是封包遺失。在無線網路中有錯誤遺失和換手遺失。我們在本篇論文裡提出了在無線網路中的行動多路徑資料傳輸來解決因錯誤遺失和換手遺失而造成的接收方緩衝區溢滿問題。行動多路徑資料傳輸有三個主要貢獻：（一）串流資料路徑排序機制，（二）MIH 協助換手機制，（三）連線續傳機制。串流資料路徑排序可以減少因為錯誤遺失而造成的接收方緩衝區溢滿。MIH 協助換手可以減少在換手時的封包遺失數量。然而，行動多路徑資料傳輸引進了連線續傳的概念來修裝已斷線的連線。

As more and more devices are equipped with multiple network interfaces, the multihomed technology is becoming an important technology that can provide more reliable connection against the network failure and better data transmission rate. Concurrent Multipath Transfer (CMT), which is based on SCTP, is devised for multihomed networks. CMT can transmit data over all paths to maximum the data transmission speed. One of the main concerns of the CMT is the receiver buffer blocking issue, especially in multihomed wireless mobile networks. If the receiver buffer is blocked, the sender can send only one packet to the receiver. The receiver buffer blocking is mainly caused by the lost data. For small memory devices, e.g., PDA, smart phone and embedded systems, the receiver buffer is limited and has less free space to prevent receiver buffer blocking. Typically, two types of packet loss in the wireless network are error loss and handoff loss. In this paper, we proposed mobile-Concurrent Multipath Transfer (mCMT) over wireless networks to deal with the receiver buffer blocking caused by error lost and handoff lost data. mCMT features with (i) path-oriented multistreaming, (ii) MIH-assisted, in which MIH denoted Media Independent Handover, handoff and (iii) association resume. Path-oriented multistreaming can reduce the receiver buffer blocking caused by error loss. MIH-assisted handoff can reduce the amount of packet loss during handoff, which may lead to the receiver buffer blocking in further. Moreover, mCMT introduces the concept of association resume to recover the disconnected association. Simulation results show that mCMT can reduce the effect of the receiver buffer blocking effectively for devices that have smaller buffer size.

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