SCTP: state of the art in research, products, and technical challenges

Author

Fu, Shaojian ; Atiquzzaman, Mohammed

Author_Institution

Telecommun. & Networks Res. Lab, Oklahoma Univ., Norman, OK, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

20-21 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

85

Lastpage

91

Abstract

The stream control transmission protocol (SCTP) is being standardized by IETF as a reliable transport protocol to address a number of limitations of TCP. Due to its attractive features, such as multi-streaming and multi-homing, SCTP has received much attention from the research community and industry. The paper serves as a tutorial by introducing the main features of SCTP, and discussing the state of the art in SCTP research activities. We also provide a survey on the available products which implement SCTP. Finally, the challenges faced by SCTP research community are identified with a view to stimulating further research.

Keywords

IP networks; Internet telephony; telecommunication signalling; transport protocols; IP networks; IP telephony; SCTP; TCP; multi-homing; multi-streaming; stream control transmission protocol; telecommunication signaling; transport protocol; Computer network reliability; Computer science; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Internet telephony; Signal processing; TCPIP; Telecommunication control; Telecommunication network reliability; Transport protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Communications, 2003. CCW 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE 18th Annual Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8239-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCW.2003.1240794

Filename

1240794