Integration of Multipath TCP and Network Coding for Satellite Networks

This paper investigates how to support reliable satellite communication using TCP assuming that multiple satellite links are available and Multipath-TCP (MPTCP) as well as Software-Defined Networking (SDN) can be used to map sub-flows to different satellite links. To improve redundancy we propose integrating Network Coding into MPTCP. The paper discusses in detail the related work on MPTCP, SDN, Network Coding, and satellite communication, in particular certain combinations. We present a possible approach to integrate these for our target satellite communication scenario and discuss various design options.