Title | Stream Control Transmission Protocol |
Acronym | SCTP |
Version | 2007 |
Document Number | RFC4960 |
Release Date | September 2007 |
Reference | https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4960 |
This document obsoletes RFC 2960 and RFC 3309. It describes the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP). SCTP is designed to transport Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) signaling messages over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, but is capable of broader applications.
SCTP is a reliable transport protocol operating on top of a connectionless packet network such as IP. It offers the following services to its users:
The design of SCTP includes appropriate congestion avoidance behavior and resistance to flooding and masquerade attacks.