Apple neemt het voortouw in Multipath TCP in iOS 11

Collega André wees mij op dit artikel van Claus Hetting: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/big-week-wi-fi-claus-hetting?trk=v-feed&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3BZRCAZdTmTIUydB67PR4HQA%3D%3D

“Apple’s iOS11 – due for release this fall – will support an API for ‘TCP Multipath’. So what does that have to do with Wi-Fi, you say? Well, a lot, actually. It means that app developers, carriers, anyone with services running on iOS11 will finally be able to combine Wi-Fi and cellular into a single service fabric of their choosing.

Apple says it will offer reliability, congestion control, seamless handover from cellular to Wi-Fi and back, and aggregation (although this is only available for experimentation, for now). Just like Apple kickstarted Voice over Wi-Fi a couple of years ago, they’re now redefining how Wi-Fi will be used by apps for data.”

Ziet er erg interessant uit. Zou dit dan ook betekenen dat je zonder onderbreking van 4G naar Wifi kan roamen met de Swyx Mobile app? Dat zou gaaf zijn.