SCTP: What, Why, and How

  • Authors:
  • Preethi Natarajan;Fred Baker;Paul D. Amer;Jonathan T. Leighton

  • Affiliations:
  • Cisco Systems;Cisco Systems;University of Delaware;University of Delaware

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Internet Computing
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a general-purpose IETF transport protocol with kernel implementations on various platforms. Similar to TCP, SCTP provides a connection-oriented, reliable, congestion and flow-controlled layer 4 channel. Unlike both TCP and UDP, however, SCTP offers new delivery options that better match diverse applications' needs.