Stream Control Transmission Protocol is designed to transport Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) signalling messages over IP networks. but is capable of broader applications.
Reference
- SCTP Project page , by Thomas Dreibholz
- SCTP website
- Stream Control Transmission Protocol , Wikipedia
- SCTP , Network Sorcery
- sctp.de
Documentation
- RFC 4960 , Stream Control Transmission Protocol, 2007-09
- SCTP for Beginners
- Introduction to Stream Control Transmission Protocol , Jan Newmarch, 2007-09-01
- Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Associations , Jan Newmarch, 2007-10-01
Description
SCTP is an alternative to TCP or UDP.
Two important facts about SCTP:
- it's designed to transport PSTN (conventional telephony) over IP; and
- the third (that is, the posthumous) edition of Unix Network Programming , by Richard Stevens, covers it.
The big question for Tclers is whether Tcl deserves an SCTP-savvy extension. Is ceptcl a good location?