mKCP Transport

mKCP is a reliable stream transport. It is an UDP based protocol.

Configuration:

{
  "mtu": 1350,
  "tti": 20,
  "uplinkCapacity": 5,
  "downlinkCapacity": 20,
  "congestion": false,
  "readBufferSize": 1,
  "writeBufferSize": 1,
  "header": {
    "type": "none"
  }
}

Where:

  • mtu: Maximum transmission unit. It indicates the maxium number bytes that an UDP packet can carry. Recommended value is between 576 and 1460. Default value 1350.
  • tti: Transmission time interval, in milli-second. mKCP sends data in this interval. Recommended value is between 10 and 100. Default value 50.
  • uplinkCapacity: Uplink bandwidth, in MB/s. The maximum bandwidth for the V2Ray instance to upload data to a remote one. Default value is 5.
    • Please note it is byte (in MB/s), not bit.
    • One may use value 0 for a small bandwidth.
  • downlinkCapacity: Downlink bandwidth, in MB/s. The maximum bandwidth for the V2Ray instance to download data. Default value is 20.
    • Please note it is byte (in MB/s), not bit.
    • One may use value 0 for a small bandwidth.
  • congestion: Whether or not to enable congestion control. Default value is false.
    • When congestion control is enabled, V2Ray will detect network quality. It will send less packets when packet loss is severe, or more data when network is not fully filled.
  • readBufferSize: Read buffer size for a single connection, in MB. Default value is 2.
  • writeBufferSize: Write buffer size for a single connection, in MB. Default value is 2.
  • header: Packet header for obfuscation.
    • type: Type of obfuscation. Choices are:
      • "none": Default value. No obfuscation is added.
      • "srtp": Obfuscated as SRTP traffic. It may be recognized as video calls such as Facetime.
      • "utp": Obfuscated as uTP traffic. It may be recognized as Bittorrent traffic.
      • "wechat-video": Obfuscated to WeChat traffic.
      • "dtls": Obfuscated as DTLS 1.2 packets.
      • "wireguard" (V2Ray 3.38+): Obfuscated as WireGuard packets. (NOT true WireGuard protocol)

Tips

  • uplinkCapacity and downlinkCapacity determine the speed of mKCP. On client side, uplinkCapacity specifies the speed for client sending data to server. On sever side, downlinkCapacity specifies the speed of server receiving data. The minimum of this pair is effective in an actual connection.
  • mKCP uses UDP protocol. Please make sure your firewall is correctly setup.
  • mKCP sends more traffic for lower latency. To transfer the same amount of data, mKCP usually requires more throughput than TCP does.

Credits

  • @skywind3000 invented the original KCP protocol and implemented in C.
  • @xtaci re-implement KCP protocol in Go.
  • @xiaokangwang integrated KCP into V2Ray.