Title
A taxonomy and survey of SCTP research
Abstract
The Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a relatively recent general-purpose transport layer protocol for IP networks that has been introduced as a complement to the well-established TCP and UDP transport protocols. Although initially conceived for the transport of PSTN signaling messages over IP networks, the introduction of key features in SCTP, such as multihoming and multistreaming, has spurred considerable research interest surrounding SCTP and its applicability to different networking scenarios. This article aims to provide a detailed survey of one of these new features—multihoming—which, as it is shown, is the subject of evaluation in more than half of all published SCTP-related articles. To this end, the article first summarizes and organizes SCTP-related research conducted so far by developing a four-dimensional taxonomy reflecting the (1) protocol feature examined, (2) application area, (3) network environment, and (4) study approach. Over 430 SCTP-related publications have been analyzed and classified according to the proposed taxonomy. As a result, a clear perspective on this research area in the decade since the first protocol standardization in 2000 is given, covering both current and future research trends. On continuation, a detailed survey of the SCTP multihoming feature is provided, examining possible applications of multihoming, such as robustness, handover support, and loadsharing.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1145/2333112.2333113
ACM Comput. Surv.
Keywords
Field
DocType
sctp-related article,udp transport protocol,sctp research,considerable research interest,research area,ip network,sctp multihoming feature,detailed survey,sctp-related publication,future research trend,organizes sctp-related research,sctp,multihoming,computer science,taxonomy,communication systems,robustness,telecommunications
Multihoming,Stream Control Transmission Protocol,Computer science,Computer network,Communications system,Robustness (computer science),Transport layer,Standardization,Handover
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
44
4
0360-0300
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
46
1.25
50
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lukasz Budzisz11199.21
Johan Garcia210112.66
Anna Brunstrom3445125.16
R. Ferrus435939.35