AUGUR: Practical Mobile Multipath Transport Service for Low Tail Latency in Real-Time Streaming

Explore a conference talk from NSDI '24 presenting AUGUR, a practical mobile multipath transport service designed to reduce long tail latency and video frame stall rates in real-time streaming applications like cloud gaming. Discover how AUGUR addresses the challenge of utilizing cellular paths to mitigate Wi-Fi network fluctuations while minimizing cellular data usage. Learn about the innovative approach that captures user characteristics through state probability models and formulates equilibrium into Integer Linear Programming problems for each user session. Gain insights into the impressive results achieved through trace-driven emulation and large-scale real-world deployment on the Tencent Start cloud gaming platform, demonstrating significant reductions in tail latency, frame stall rates, and cellular data usage compared to other multipath transport schemes.