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INFORMATIONAL

Authors:

O. Bonaventure
C. Paasch
G. Detal

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IETF

Source:

mptcp (tsv)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8041

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Abstract

This document discusses both use cases and operational experiencewith Multipath TCP (MPTCP) in real networks. It lists severalprominent use cases where Multipath TCP has been considered and isbeing used. It also gives insight to some heuristics and decisionsthat have helped to realize these use cases and suggests possibleimprovements.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.