Title : 
Performance Evaluation of the Stream Control Transmission Protocol
         
        
            Author : 
Chukarin, A. ; Pershakov, N.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Telecommun. Syst., Peoples´´ Friendship Univ., Moscow
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Transporting of signaling messages over IP networks should conform to the signaling system 7 quality of service requirements. In this paper we investigate the behavior of the stream control transmission protocol (SCTP) which is the basis of the SIGTRAN protocol stack. In order to analyze SIGTRAN reliability and performance we have implemented both a test bed and a simulation tool. We also develop an analytical model of SCTP based on the bulk service queue. Finally, we present formulas and numerical results to estimate signaling message transmission delay over IP networks
         
        
            Keywords : 
IP networks; quality of service; queueing theory; signalling protocols; transport protocols; IP networks; SIGTRAN protocol stack; bulk service queue; quality of service; signaling message transmission delay; signaling messages; signaling system 7; stream control transmission protocol; Analytical models; Communication system signaling; IP networks; Performance analysis; Quality of service; Streaming media; TCPIP; Telecommunication control; Telephony; Transport protocols;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Electrotechnical Conference, 2006. MELECON 2006. IEEE Mediterranean
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Malaga
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-4244-0087-2
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MELCON.2006.1653215