As far as I remember sctp was designed to closely resemble the MTP layer three, its considered by cellular carriers (together with diameter and sip) to be the foundation of next gen ims networks.Things like multi homing were always part of SS7 and will be needed for a highly coupled network like ims.
It will definitely be nice when you can use it with *. It wont require any new infrastructure to deploy, but it'll sure make better use of your network cards as a whole. In a way all these multimedia transport protocols are trying more and more to emulate the isdn way of doing things and deliver the promises that isdn failed to in the 90's. Maybe three years from now they will evolve into h323 with ldap ;) even outside of voip sctp is something definitely that will make life easier. --------- Shidan On 3/5/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I saw a great article [1] on IBM Developerworks talking about an > alternative to TCP and UDP for data transmission called SCTP (RFC 2960). > The most interesting parts I noticed were integrated channel bonding, and > preferred paths. > > The article says that it was originally designed for PSTN signalling over > IP, but it looks ideal for bundling SIP control and RTP streams so that > it could flow as easily as IAX. > > Has anyone used this protocol before? > > Cheers, > Simon P. Ditner > > [1] > http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-sctp/?ca=dgr-lnxw01SCTP > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
