Implementation of SCTP in an open source Real-Time Operating System

Author

Rahman, Md Sazzadur ; Atiquzzaman, Mohammed ; Ivancic, William ; Eddy, Wesley ; Stewart, Dave

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

fYear

2008

fDate

16-19 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is an IETF-standard transport layer protocol in the IP protocol suite. SCTP is very attractive for data communication over satellite networks due to its unique features such as multihoming and multistreaming that are not present in TCP. SIGMA, an SCTP-based mobility management scheme, has been developed for space networks. RTEMS, an open source Real Time Operating System (RTOS), is used by the computers onboard several spacecraft. The network stack of RTEMS does not include SCTP. The objective of this paper is to describe the issues and challenges in implementing SCTP on the RTEMS operating system. The lessons learned will be helpful to implement SCTP in other operating systems.

Keywords

operating systems (computers); public domain software; real-time systems; transport protocols; IETF-standard transport layer protocol; IP protocol suite; RTEMS; SCTP; Stream Control Transmission Protocol; data communication; open source real-time operating system; satellite networks; space networks; Kernel; Low earth orbit satellites; Mobile radio mobility management; NASA; Operating systems; Real time systems; Satellite broadcasting; TCPIP; Testing; Transport protocols; Networking Stack; Porting; RTEMS; SCTP;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2008. MILCOM 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2676-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2677-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2008.4753411

Filename

4753411