CHAPTER 13

Stream Control Transmission

Protocol (SCTP)

Exercises
1.

general header 12 bytes

DATA chunk #1 header 16 bytes
DATA chunk #1 22 bytes
padding 2 bytes
DATA chunk #2 header 16 bytes
DATA chunk #2 22 bytes
padding 16 bytes
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Total 92 bytes

3.

general header 12 bytes

COOKIE-ECHO chunk 204 bytes
DATA chunk 36 bytes
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Total 252 bytes

5.
a. Fragments: 21, 24, 26, 27
b. First fragment: 21
c. No last fragment given
d. At least 3 middle fragments (22, 23, and 25) are missing

7. The host sends a SHUTDOWN ACK and goes to the SHUTDOWN-ACK-SENT

state.

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9.
a. ordered, because the U flag is not set
b. B =0, E = 0 means this is a middle fragment
c. length is 21, so 3 bytes of padding are needed
d. TSN = 5
e. SI = 3
f. SSN = 10
g. message is 48656C6C67

11. See Figure 13.1.

Figure 13.1 Exercise 11

20 19 18 17 16 14 13 12 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Received To process

11,14 5 cumTSN
cumTSN
1800 winSize
16,20
OutOfOrder 4 lastACK

Note that the value of cumTSN must be updated to 8.

13. See Figure 13.2. Chunks 18 and 19 are sent but not acknowledged (200 bytes of
data). 18 DATA chunks (1800 bytes) can be sent, but only 4 chunks are in the
queue. Chunk 20 is the next chunk to be sent.

Figure 13.2 Exercise 13

outstanding
chunks
From process

23 22 21 20 19 18 To send

Sending Queue
20 curTSN
2000 rwnd
200 inTransit
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15. See Figure 13.3.

Figure 13.3 Exercise 15

Client Server

2000
1
7 0 8
570
SHUTDOWN

2
806

8 0 4
SHUTDOWN ACK

3
2000

14 0 T 4
SHUTDOWN COMPLETE
Time Time

We have filled the fields with available information. Each packet has the general
header and the appropriate control chunk. Note that only the SHUTDOWN chunk
has the cumTSN ACK, which acknowledges the receipt of the last packet.
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