A new application-level link aggregation and its implementation on Android terminals

摘要

Link aggregation bundles multiple physical links on a single virtual link, enabling very high-speed and large-capacity data communications. It also enables redundant communications. Several link aggregation methods have been proposed. These methods utilize transport/or lower layer link aggregation. In this paper, a new application-level link aggregation is proposed and implemented on Android operating system (OS), which is one of the popular OSs for mobile devices such as smart-phones and tablet PCs. The proposed application-level link aggregation method is verified with use of an implemented terminal.