Title :
Performance evaluation of the simple control transmission protocol (SCTP)
Author :
Jungmaier, Andreas ; Schopp, Michael ; Tüxen, Michael
Author_Institution :
Essen Univ., Germany
Abstract :
A new protocol which could be used for the transport of telecommunication signalling messages over an IP-based network is currently being discussed within the IETF. The protocol is called stream control transmission protocol (SCTP). We describe SCTP and an implementation of SCTP. Furthermore, we evaluate how the protocol performs in a wide area network, especially when competing with TCP. The results were obtained in a test-bed consisting of two local networks which are interconnected via an emulator of a wide area network
Keywords :
performance evaluation; telecommunication signalling; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; wide area networks; IETF; IP-based network; SCTP traffic; TCP traffic; WAN emulator; local networks; performance evaluation; stream control transmission protocol; telecommunication signalling messages; test-bed; wide area network; Communication system control; Communication system traffic control; Computer networks; Error correction; Performance evaluation; TCPIP; Telecommunication control; Testing; Transport protocols; Wide area networks;
Conference_Titel :
High Performance Switching and Routing, 2000. ATM 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Heidelberg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5884-8
DOI :
10.1109/HPSR.2000.856658
