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1 PerryLorier 1 [Acronym] for __S__tream __C__ontrol __T__ransport __P__rotocol
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2 IanMcDonald 3 [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:
1 PerryLorier 4 * Error detection and correction including detection of duplicated packets.
5 * Fragmentation to a discovered path [MTU] size.
6 * Sequenced delivery of data within multiple streams, with the option for order-of-arrival delivery on a per message basis.
7 * optional bundling of multiple user messages into a single SCTP packet
8 * Network-level fault tolerance through supporting of multihoming at either or both ends of an association.
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10 This protocol is RFC:2960
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