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Introduction
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The following are the objectives of this thesis.
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Develope and study multiple path routing and how it increases bandwidth
 using intermediate proxies.
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Further improve the multile path routing by developing and studying the
 effects of a TCP connection based buffering which sorts and filters incoming
 packets before being processed by the Linux source code.
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To introduce User Mode Linux and show its application for kernel development.
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To study and explain the Linux TCP/IP implementation for the 2.4 kernel series
 for further research and Kernel development.
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The problem of latency in bandwidth during critical operations has been
 a problem of recent interest.
 
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This thesis builds on the idea of multiple path routing
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 and shows how having multiple connections can be utilized to increase overall
 bandwidth for a connection through modifications within the Linux kernel.
 It also shows how with multiple connections weights can be applied to further
 optimize bandwidth.
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Goals and Modivation for User Mode Linux
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Chandra Prakash and Weihorng Wang both worked on the Linux kernel code.
 Their continual struggles with working on the host machines code propelled
 the question of an easier way of studing and working with the Linux Kernel.
 
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During Dr.
 Chow's Computer Communcation class (CS 522), a study on different virtual
 machines was done by Jeff Rupp and the writer of this thesis.
 Many virtual machines were studied and a proposed spam black list embedded
 in the kernel was proposed and developed using User Mode Linux.
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User Mode Linux does not have much literature on its setup and configuration.
 Once configured correctly, User Mode Linux has the ability to create a
 Linux Virtual Machine.
 With the User Mode Linux's Virtual Machine, the GDB debugger can be attached
 to trace through the Linux source code.
 This debugging feature is currently unque to User Mode Linux.
 Figuring out how User Mode Linux worked gave researchers a powerful tool
 for easier understanding and modifying of the Linux Kernel.
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This thesis has years worth of work with User Mode Linux and how the networking
 section of the Linux Kernel operates.
 The writer hopes this thesis will be a controbution to further Linux kernel
 development.
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Goals and Motivation for Multiple Path Routing
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A scenario was proposed to the academic community last summer of military
 commanders needing a high resolution photo of a combat area in five minutes.
 Restraints for the proposal were: the TCP/IP protocol had to be used and
 no modifications operating system of the intermediate computers.
 This prompted the idea of using the Linux Kernel to combine the bandwidth
 of multiple connections.
 These modifications were only to the client and server machines and used
 TCP/IP and IP Tunneling.
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Methods for increasing bandwidth is a contribution with many applications.
 This thesis is a stepping stone for other researchers to take the validation
 of these results to further expand solutions to bandwidth scenario above.
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