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What is SCTP?

SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) is a reliable, message-oriented transport protocol. It operates at the transport layer, similar to TCP and UDP. SCTP provides features such as multi-homing (support for multiple IP addresses per endpoint), multi-streaming (multiple independent streams within a single association), and enhanced security compared to TCP. It is commonly used in applications requiring reliable transport of signaling messages, such as in telecommunications (e.g., SS7 over IP) and other applications needing robust and ordered delivery of data streams.

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What other technologies are related to SCTP?

SCTP Competitor Technologies

TCP

TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) is a connection-oriented transport protocol that provides reliable, ordered delivery of data. It competes with SCTP as a transport protocol.

mentioned alongside SCTP in 1% (323) of relevant job posts

UDP

UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is a connectionless transport protocol. It competes with SCTP as an alternative transport protocol.

mentioned alongside SCTP in 1% (292) of relevant job posts

SCTP Complementary Technologies

RANAP

RANAP (Radio Access Network Application Part) is a protocol used in 3G UMTS networks. It can utilize SCTP as its transport layer.

mentioned alongside SCTP in 58% (65) of relevant job posts

SIGTRAN

SIGTRAN is a suite of protocols for transporting SS7 signaling over IP networks, often using SCTP as the transport layer.

mentioned alongside SCTP in 14% (115) of relevant job posts

S1AP

S1AP (S1 Application Protocol) is the protocol used for signaling between the eNodeB (base station) and the core network (EPC) in LTE. It uses SCTP as the transport layer.

mentioned alongside SCTP in 24% (51) of relevant job posts