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“K16304” — 2012/11/19 — 9:15
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Fundamental Concepts and
Mechanisms of Stream Control
Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
Multihoming
Claudio Casetti
1.1 Introducing SCTP . . . . . ..................... 2
1.2 SCTPOverview............................ 3
1.2.1 SCTPAssociations...................... 4
1.2.2 SCTPStreamsandMessageOrdering............ 4
1.2.3 TheMessage-OrientedNatureofSCTP ........... 5
1.2.4 Partial Reliability . . ..................... 5
1.3 Multihoming and Its Support in SCTP . . . ............. 6
1.3.1 RobustnesstoPathFailover ................. 6
1.3.2 OptimalPathSelection.................... 7
1.3.3 Mobility Support . . ..................... 8
1.3.4 Concurrent Multipath Transmissions and Data Striping . . . 9
1.4 Multihoming and Multipath