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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
May. 16, 2016
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A Multipath Transmission Control Protocol (MPTCP) client and an MPTCP server for transporting User Datagram Protocol (UDP) packets in plain transport mode are provided. The MPTCP client is operative to receive a request for establishing an MPTCP connection for transporting UDP packets between the MPTCP client and the MPTCP server, establish the MPTCP connection, wherein information identifying one or more transport control functions are to be applied to UDP packets which are transported over the MPTCP connection is transmitted to the MPTCP server during establishing the MPTCP connection, and apply the one or more transport control functions to UDP packets. Correspondingly, the MPTCP server is operative to receive, during establishing the MPTCP connection with an MPTCP client, from the MPTCP client the information identifying one or more transport control functions, and apply the one or more transport control functions to UDP packets which are transported over the MPTCP connection.