Sctp
Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a transport layer protocol providing reliable transport of data like TCP but with message oriented features like UDP.
Tcp
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a transport layer protocol that provides a connection-oriented data stream service with guaranteed, in-order delivery.
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"Sctp is not better than tcp in any way but it does something different" from question How SCTP is better then TCP ? (in traffic scenario) "How sctp is better then tcp" from question How SCTP is better then TCP ? (in traffic scenario) |
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Sctp requires more design within the application to get the best use of it;there are more options than tcp the sockets-like api came later and it is young from question Why is SCTP not much used/known |
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As i understand websockets are on top of tcp and have higher latency than sctp that underlies webrtc when for example sending binary data between server and browser that also could be 2 peers in webrtc from question Is RTCDataChannel when configuration reliable = true faster then Websockets? |