CHAPTER 16

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
Total 92 bytes
3.
general header 12 bytes
COOKIE-ECHO chunk 204 bytes
DATA chunk 36 bytes
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.
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

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f. SSN = 10
g. message is 48656C6C67
11. See Figure 16.E11. Note that the value of cumTSN must be updated to 8.
Figure 16.E11 Solution to 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

13. See Figure 16.E13. 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 16.E13 Solution to Exercise 13

outstanding
From process chunks

23 22 21 20 19 18 To send
Sending Queue 20 curTSN
2000 rwnd
200 inTransit

15. See Figure 16.E15. 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.
Figure 16.E15 Solution to Exercise 15

Client Server

2000
1
7 0 8
570
SHUTDOWN
806
2
8 0 4
SHUTDOWN ACK

2000
3
14 0 T 4
SHUTDOWN COMPLETE
Time Time
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