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Understanding SCTP Protocol Features

SCTP is a message-oriented, reliable protocol that combines features of UDP and TCP. It offers process-to-process communication with multiple streams and multihoming between endpoints. SCTP uses transmission sequence numbers, stream identifiers, and stream sequence numbers to identify and sequence data chunks across multiple streams in a connection-oriented association. It employs flow and error control as well as congestion control.

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Understanding SCTP Protocol Features

SCTP is a message-oriented, reliable protocol that combines features of UDP and TCP. It offers process-to-process communication with multiple streams and multihoming between endpoints. SCTP uses transmission sequence numbers, stream identifiers, and stream sequence numbers to identify and sequence data chunks across multiple streams in a connection-oriented association. It employs flow and error control as well as congestion control.

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Chapter 13

Stream Control
Transmission Protocol
Objectives
Upon completion you will be able to:

Be able to name and understand the services offered by SCTP


Understand SCTPs flow and error control and congestion control
Be familiar with the fields in a SCTP segment
Understand the phases in an SCTP association
Understand the SCTP state transition diagram

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Figure 13.1 TCP/IP protocol suite

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Note:

SCTP is a message-oriented, reliable


protocol that combines the
good features of UDP and TCP.

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13.1 SCTP SERVICES
We explain the services offered by SCTP to the application layer
processes.

The topics discussed in this section include:

Process-to-Process Communication
Multiple Streams
Multihoming
Full-Duplex Communication
Connection-Oriented Service
Reliable Service

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Table 13.1 Some SCTP applications

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Figure 13.2 Multiple-stream concept

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Note:

An association in SCTP can involve


multiple streams.

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Figure 13.3 Multihoming concept

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Note:

SCTP association allows multiple IP


addresses for each end.

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13.2 SCTP FEATURES
We discuss the general features of SCTP and then compare them with
those of TCP.

The topics discussed in this section include:

Transmission Sequence Number (TSN)


Stream Identifier (SI)
Stream Sequence Number (SSN)
Packets
Acknowledgment Number
Flow Control
Error Control
Congestion Control

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Note:

In SCTP, a data chunk is numbered


using a TSN.

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Note:

To distinguish between different


streams, SCTP uses a SI.

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Note:

To distinguish between different data


chunks belonging to the same stream,
SCTP uses SSNs.

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Figure 13.4 Comparison between a TCP segment and an SCTP packet

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Note:

TCP has segments;


SCTP has packets.

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Note:

In SCTP, control information and data


information are carried in separate
chunks.

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Figure 13.5 Packet, data chunks, and streams

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Note:

Data chunks are identified by three


identifiers: TSN, SI, and SSN.
TSN is a cumulative number
identifying the association; SI defines
the stream; SSN defines the chunk in
a stream.

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Note:

In SCTP, acknowledgment numbers


are used to acknowledge only data
chunks; control chunks are
acknowledged by other control chunks
if necessary.

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