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