Multipath TCP. I've been checking in on the
multipath TCP project every once in a while over the past few years, as it promised to solve two problems I've run into: using multiple slow channels (like 56k modems) in parallel for increased performance, and transparently maintaining TCP connections across access point hand-offs (as occur in WiFi and cell phones). I've been hoping that on some fine day it would be supported in mainstream products. I just discovered that Apple's
iOS 7, released just last week, includes it. That's the first large-scale deployment of multipath TCP. Woo hoo! Now I'm hoping it appears in
OS X in the next version or two...
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