S-Vismaya/MLPM

ML-Driven-MPTCP

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for configuring Multipath TCP and analysing its underlying packet management algorithm.

System Requirements

• Supported Distributions: CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu (22.04+)
• Kernel: Recent kernel installation required with MPTCP support enabled.

Configuration Steps

1. Kernel Verification

Ensure that MPTCP is enabled in your kernel. You can check this by running:

sudo sysctl net.mptcp.enabled

If the output is net.mptcp.enabled = 1, MPTCP is enabled.

2. Client Configuration

a) Create Routing Tables

sudo ip rule add from 10.10.3.99 table 1
sudo ip rule add from 10.10.3.61 table 2

b) Configure Routing for enp1s0 (Ethernet)

sudo ip route add 10.10.3.0/24 dev enp1s0 scope link table 1
sudo ip route add default via 10.10.3.1 dev enp1s0 table 1

c) Configure Routing for wlp2s0 (WiFi)

sudo ip route add 10.10.3.0/24 dev wlp2s0 scope link table 2
sudo ip route add default via 10.10.3.1 dev wlp2s0 table 2

d) Set Default Route

sudo ip route add default scope global nexthop via 10.10.3.1 dev enp1s0

e) Add MPTCP Endpoints

sudo ip mptcp endpoint add 10.10.3.61 dev wlp2s0 subflow
sudo ip mptcp endpoint add 10.10.3.99 dev enp1s0 subflow

f) Set Subflow Limits

sudo ip mptcp limits set subflow 2 add_addr_accepted 2

3. Server Configuration

a) Create Routing Tables

sudo ip rule add from 10.10.3.105 table 1
sudo ip rule add from 10.10.3.54 table 2

b) Configure Routing for enp1s0 (Ethernet)

sudo ip route add 10.10.3.0/24 dev enp1s0 scope link table 1
sudo ip route add default via 10.10.3.1 dev enp1s0 table 1

c) Configure Routing for wlp2s0 (WiFi)

sudo ip route add 10.10.3.0/24 dev wlp2s0 scope link table 2
sudo ip route add default via 10.10.3.1 dev wlp2s0 table 2

d) Set Default Route

sudo ip route add default scope global nexthop via 10.10.3.1 dev enp1s0

e) Add MPTCP Endpoints

sudo ip mptcp endpoint add 10.10.3.54 dev wlp2s0 signal
sudo ip mptcp endpoint add 10.10.3.105 dev enp1s0 signal

f) Set Subflow Limits

sudo ip mptcp limits set subflow 2 add_addr_accepted 2

Data Collection performing iperf3 tests

1. Install mptcpize:

   sudo apt-get install mptcpize 
   sudo apt-get install iperf3

2. Start the iperf3 server:

   mptcpize run iperf3 -s

3. Run the iperf3 client:

   mptcpize run iperf3 -c 10.10.3.102 -t 10

Data Collection and Analysis

1. Start Wireshark to capture network traffic during the iperf3 tests.
2. Save the captured data for further analysis.

Machine Learning Model Training

1. Navigate to the script1.ipynb Jupyter notebook.
2. Run the cells to preprocess the collected data and train the MLP model.
3. Analyze the results and optimize the model as needed.

Additional Note

• Replace IP addresses and interface names with your specific values.
• Ensure the kernel supports MPTCP and is properly configured.
• Verify routing and MPTCP settings using ip mptcp and ip route commands.