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30 lines
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% ************************** Thesis Proforma **************************
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\begin{proforma}
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Candidate Number: & 2373A \\
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Project Title: & A Multi-Path Bidirectional Layer 3 Proxy \\
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Examination: & Computer Science Tripos - Part II, 2021 \\
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Word Count: & 12740 \\
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Line Count: & 2705 \\
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Project Originator: & The dissertation author \\
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Supervisor: & Mike Dodson
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\vspace{6mm}
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\section*{Original Aims of the Project}
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This project aimed to produce a multipath proxy that utilises congestion control to dynamically monitor and adapt to changing link conditions. Using congestion control to dynamically monitor link capacity allows a wider variety of links to be combined, such as those on shared mediums or impacted by environmental factors. The core project aimed to implement such a proxy with links over TCP, with extensions relating to improved performance. The stretch goals of the project were to implement the proxy using other transport mechanisms.
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\section*{Work Completed}
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Fulfilled core and all but one extended criteria. The proxy supports transport over UDP, which provides increased performance over TCP. The performance gains of the proxy over standard connections is tangible, which makes the proxy effective at providing increased bandwidth in many cases. The proxy solution also improves the resilience of the Internet connection, such that if any connection remains up, flows are maintained.
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\section*{Special Difficulties}
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None.
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\end{proforma}
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