Investigating the Use of Topology Adaptation for Robust Multi-path Transport: A Preliminary Study

In this paper we introduce a topology control algorithm for increasing transport robustness and efficiency by creating two simultaneous communication paths between the source and destination nodes of a data flow. We make use of a cross-layer substrate that allows us to detect the flows of data in the network while also providing finer control of the routing. Because information of flow traffic in the network is available, the algorithm attempts to achieve intra-flow interference reduction by exploiting node mobility.