!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] ([SCTP]) is defined in [RFC 4960] and is a [Transport Layer] [protocol] serving in a similar role to the popular protocols [TCP] and [UDP][{$pagename}] provides some of the same service features of both [UDP] and [TCP] as it is message-oriented like [UDP] and ensures [reliable], in-sequence transport of messages with congestion control like [TCP]
[{$pagename}] differs from these in providing [multi-homing] and redundant paths to increase resilience and [reliability].

In the absence of native SCTP support in [Operating Systems ]it is possible to tunnel [{$pagename}] over [UDP], as well as mapping [TCP] [API] calls to [SCTP] ones.The reference [implementation] was released as part of [FreeBSD] version 7. It has subsequently been widely ported.

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* [#1] - [Stream_Control_Transmission_Protocol|Wikipedia:Stream_Control_Transmission_Protocol|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2018-03-23-