SCTP Administrator's Guide

SACK This chunk is sent to the peer endpoint to acknowledge the received DATA chunks and to inform

the peer endpoint of gaps in the received subsequences of DATA chunks as represented by their

Transmission Sequence Numbers.

SCTP packet The unit of data delivery across the interface between SCTP and the connectionless packet network

(for example, IP). An SCTP packet contains the common SCTP header, possible SCTP control

chunks, and user data encapsulated within SCTP DATA chunks.

SHUTDOWN An endpoint in an association must use this chunk to initiate a graceful termination of the

association with its peer.

Silly Window

Syndrome

Silly Window Syndrome is a condition when only small amounts of data are exchanged across

the connection, instead of full-sized segments

Stream A uni-directional logical channel established from one to another associated SCTP endpoint,

within which all user messages are delivered in sequence except for those submitted to the

unordered delivery service.

Supported

Address

Types

The sender of INIT must include a Supported Address Types parameter in theINIT to indicate the

types of address that are acceptable. When this parameter is present, the receiver ofINIT must

either use one of the address types indicated in the Supported Address Types parameter when

responding to the INIT, or abort the association with an "Unresolvable Address" error.

Verification