Project description
Greater speed, reliability and integrity of internet access with a downloadable app
Smartphones have become a key route to accessing internet-based services. As the traffic and apps using the internet increase, internet service providers are facing challenges in delivering the speed, reliability and consistency customers demand. One way to address this is to combine multiple access networks such as 4G/5G and Wi-Fi by using a multipath protocol such as multipath TCP (MPTCP). The Belgian SME Tessares has contributed to the standardisation of MPTCP and developed a solution that will allow any smartphone to seamlessly combine 4G/5G broadband and Wi-Fi networks. The EU-funded MPA project is helping the team bring this first truly convergent solution based on multi-path TCP to market.
Objective
Internet is a significant driver for the economy nowadays. The impact of improved connectivity will increase mainly since the predictions for 2020 show a number of 80Bn-connected devices. Mobile Internet will play a key role in bringing the users online, as the number of smartphones has notably grown. A global perspective on Internet usage highlights critical infrastructure deployment, expansive technology, declining prices and worldwide access. The Internet Service Providers (ISP) are struggling to improve their services in terms of speed, reach and reliability, handling the variety of smartphones. The main challenges refer to the abilities of current TCP-based protocols to handle simultaneous Internet connections to different networks, limiting the resilience of mobile devices
IETF, with the support of Tessares’ team, introduced Multipath TCP (MPTCP), a standard protocol more fit for the wireless environment to enable greater speed and increased resilience. Current deployments of MPTCP have required the software to be deeply integrated into the kernel of the device’s operating system, which is a lengthy and complex process, limiting its use to just a few devices.
Tessares proposes a smartphone Multipath App (MPA) that simultaneously combines broadband and Wi-Fi networks for better speed, reliability and on-the-move consistency. Based on a MPTCP protocol running in the user space, not in the kernel, MPA will assist smart bonding of the most widely used smartphone access network technologies. MPA will streamline over the ISPs access network, leveraging their infrastructure by enabling flexible bonding, periodic upgrades, constraints free for every smartphone and operator-branded application. Easy to deploy on most current and future smartphones, MPA is expected to be in high demand and widely used.
Through the completion of the project, we expect to reach 25.4M€ revenues 3 years after its commercialization.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering information engineering telecommunications telecommunications networks mobile network 5G
- natural sciences computer and information sciences internet internet protocols
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering information engineering telecommunications telecommunications networks mobile network 4G
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering information engineering telecommunications radio technology WiFi
- natural sciences computer and information sciences software software applications
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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1348 Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve
Belgium
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