A Study of SCTP Services in a Mobile-IP Network
James Noonan, Philip Perry · 2002
A recently standardized transport protocol - SCTP and the Mobile IP standard for IPv4 are examined. Both these protocols have been suggested as offering some additional functionality to mobile users over and above that which is currently available from TCP/IP. Here, the interaction of these two new protocols is investigated through the examination of traffic flows through a number of network topologies. The results seem to suggest that although these protocols do work together, they do not currently provide all the functionality that a mobile user might desire. In particular, some limitations caused by implementations are highlighted that could be remedied by small modifications without the need to change either standard specification.