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

Author

Fu, Shaojian ; Atiquzzaman, Mohammed

Author_Institution

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

Volume

42

Issue

4

fYear

2004

fDate

4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

64

Lastpage

76

Abstract

The stream control transmission protocol (STCP) is being standardized by the IEFT as a reliable transport protocol to transport SS7signaling messages over IP networks. Due to its attractive features such as multistreaming and multihoming, SCTP has received much attention from the network community, in terms of both research and development. This article introduces the main features of SCTP, and discusses the state of the art in SCTP research and development activities. We also provide a survey of the available products that use SCTP. Finally with a view to stimulating further research in this area, the challenges faced by the SCTP research community are identified.

Keywords

IP networks; research and development; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication signalling; transport protocols; IP networks; multihoming; multistreaming; research and development activities; signalling system 7 signaling messages; stream control transmission protocol; transport protocol; Asynchronous transfer mode; Availability; Buffer storage; Communication switching; IP networks; Out of order; Research and development; Satellites; Switches; TCPIP;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2004.1284931

Filename

1284931