Chapter 2 SCTP Socket APIs

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Overview

Socket API Versus SCTP Socket API

Different Socket API Styles

One-to-One Socket APIs
Basic One-to-One Call Flow Sequence
One-to-Many Socket APIs
Basic One-to-Many Call Flow Sequence

API Options to Modify Socket Behavior

Common Socket Calls

The send(), sendto(), recv(), and recvfrom() Socket Calls
The setsocktopt() and getsockopt() Socket Calls
The read() and write() Socket Calls
The getsockname() Socket Call

SCTP Events and Notifications

SCTP Ancillary Data Structures

SCTP Initiation Structure (SCTP_INIT)
SCTP Header Information (SCTP_SNDRCV)

SCTP-Specific Socket APIs

The sctp_bindx() SCTP Socket API
The sctp_peeloff() SCTP Socket API
The sctp_getpaddrs() SCTP Socket API
The sctp_freepaddrs() SCTP Socket API
The sctp_getladdrs() SCTP Socket API
The sctp_freeladdrs() SCTP Socket API
The sctp_sendmsg() SCTP Socket API
The sctp_recvmsg() SCTP Socket API
The sctp_connectx() SCTP Socket API
The sctp_send() SCTP Socket API
The sctp_sendx() SCTP Socket API

This chapter discusses the different SCTP socket API types, their call flow sequence, SCTP events and notifications, socket options, command socket calls, and the SCTP ancillary data structures.

This chapter addresses the following topics:

Chapter 2 SCTP Socket APIs

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