IntelliNet Enjoys Successful SCTP Bakeoff.Business Editors MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2000 IntelliNet Technologies' SCTP (1) (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) An alternative to TCP that supports multiple transmission paths. Designed to facilitate SS7 signaling over TCP/IP, SCTP supports multiple IP addresses from the same host (multihomed host) and treats the data (Stream Control Transport Protocol) development group reported excellent results after attending the recent SCTP Bakeoff in Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. from October 23-27. The team successfully tested the interoperability of its IETF See Internet Engineering Task Force. IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force (Internet Engineering Task Force (c/o Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), Reston, VA, www.ietf.org) Founded in 1986, the IETF is a non-membership, open, voluntary standards organization dedicated to identifying problems and opportunities in IP data networks and proposing technical solutions to the ) SCTP protocol implementation alongside 22 other companies represented at the Bakeoff. Three members of IntelliNet's SCTP development group, Software Engineers: Oliver Mayor and Lakshma Bana and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , Mitch Miers, attended the Bakeoff as representatives of IntelliNet Technologies of Melbourne, Florida Melbourne is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 71,382. As of 2005, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 76,646. . There, IntelliNet's SCTP implementation was tested against industry leaders and supported all basic data transport and interconnection requirements. According to Miers, CTO, "The range of implementations is encouraging, there were Linux, SunOS, Windows and a variety of real-time OSs being used as platforms, and we have at least 4 kernel implementations being tested." The team went on to test with WAN emulation of message loss, delay, etc. for robustness of the protocol implementation. All tests concluded with positive results. The objective of these Bakeoffs is to validate the current SCTP specifications of interoperability regardless of vendor. SCTP is an alternative to the transmission control protocol (TCP (1) (Transmission Control Protocol) The reliable transport protocol within the TCP/IP protocol suite. TCP ensures that all data arrive accurately and 100% intact at the other end. ) currently used in IP-enabled networks. The SCTP protocol governs the transport of signaling system 7 (SS7) and other signaling messages over IP network elements such as signaling gateways, media gateway controllers, and IP-resident databases. SCTP advances the goal of achieving interoperability by enabling a wide range of IP telephony elements to interoperate. The IETF Signal Transport (sigtran) Working Group has been working to design a reliable new transport protocol for tomorrow's Internet. SCTP is a vital element necessary to reach this goal. The test results gathered at this SCTP Bakeoff series will contribute to the work of the Sigtran Working Group. IntelliNet Technologies, Inc., www.intellinet-tech.com A leading global provider of superior SS7/IP development tools/services for the wireless, fixed and emerging IP telephony marketplace, IntelliNet's product line includes a multi-protocol, openly flexible SS7/IP Signaling Gateway and Softswitch Element (SS7/IP Gateway & Media Gateway Controller), the IntelliSS7 Application Development Environment (ADE) and a strong Professional Services group handling product customization and other specially built SS7/IP applications. |
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