Implementation of cluster control manager for multiple wireless links sharing systems

Over the last few years, a variety of access technologies have been deployed. In a multiple access technology environment, mobile hosts have multiple network interfaces. We have proposed a sharing multiple paths procedure for a cluster network environment (SHAKE) to achieve high-speed data transmission in such heterogeneous network environments. In SHAKE, mobile hosts that are connected by a fast local link -we call this type of network a cluster network- use multiple long-range wireless links co-owned by all hosts simultaneously to communicate with hosts on the Internet. In this paper, we describe a SHAKE cluster control manager (SCCM) that sets up the cluster network autonomously and provides suitable shared network resource information for SHAKE. In some basic experiments, we show the features of SCCM and demonstrated that each host's communication performance is guaranteed even when a competitor appears within the cluster network.