TCPporttis
TCPporttis is a fictional extension of the Transmission Control Protocol designed to illustrate port-aware multiplexing over a single TCP connection. In this hypothetical model, a lightweight per-port header sits within the TCP payload, allowing multiple logical communication channels to share one physical connection without reestablishing new sockets.
In concept, TCPporttis introduces a per-connection multiplexing layer and a per-port state machine. At connection setup,
Operation and behavior: once established, applications create logical ports to transmit data, similar in spirit to
Advantages and use cases: TCPporttis aims to reduce connection overhead in microservice architectures, improve NAT traversal
Limitations and challenges: compatibility with existing TCP stacks and middleboxes is a major hurdle, along with