Multipath-based communication method and apparatus

Abstract

The invention provides a multipath-based communication method and apparatus and belongs to the communication technical field. The method includes the following steps that: a client receives communication request information sent by a user, wherein the communication request information contains a communication type and a communication destination identifier; whether a long connection communication channel or a short connection communication channel is required to be built is judged according to the communication type; if a long connection communication channel is required to be built, communication with a destination server corresponding to the destination identifier is carried out through more than one path according to an MPTCP (Multipath Transmission Control Protocol); and if a short connection communication channel is required to be built, communication with the destination server corresponding to the destination identifier is carried out directly through one path. According to the multipath-based communication method and apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present invention, whether the long connection communication channel or the short connection communication channel is required to be built is judged according to the communication type; if the short connection communication channel is required to be built, communication with the destination server is carried out directly through one path; and therefore, the problem of speed decrease which is caused by a condition that a small quantity of data are transmitted through a plurality of paths can be solved.

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technical field [0001] Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a multipath-based communication method and device. Background technique [0002] Currently, terminal devices such as mobile phones, pads, notebook computers, and PCs all have multiple network interfaces, so that the terminal devices can communicate with other devices through different paths. [0003] The MPTCP (Multipath Transmission Control Protocol, multipath transmission control) communication method can enable the terminal device to transmit data with other devices through different network interfaces at the same time, and give full play to the functions of different network interfaces, thereby achieving the purpose of increasing network bandwidth. figure 1 A schematic diagram of a network architecture of a multipath communication method provided in the prior art. Such as figure 1 As shown, when the client needs to transmit data with the ...

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[0005] The embodiment of the present invention provides a multipath-based communication method and device to solve the problem in the prior art that when only a small amount of data transmission is required, the data transmission speed will be slowed down by MPTCP communication

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