TY - BOOK AU - Stewart, Randall R. AU - Xie, Qiaobing TI - Stream Control Transmission Protocol (Sctp): : a reference guide SN - 9780201721867 U1 - 004.62 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Addison-wesley KW - Computer Network Protocol N1 - index N2 - Named one of the Top 10 Hottest Technologies of 2001 by Telecommunications Magazine, Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is considered by many to be the TCP of the future. Originally designed for Internet telephony, SCTP has also proven itself a superb general purpose transport protocol for IP network data communications. More robust and secure than TCP, SCTP is the technology of choice for building next-generation commercial grade infrastructures for telecommunications and e-commerce. Anyone involved with the technical aspects of Internet communications should have a working knowledge of this new transmission protocol, which is rapidly being adopted by standardization bodies and networking organizations ER -