Re: Multiple SCTP associations

Tolga,
some comments below.

>> >
>> > 1.
>> > As far as I understand it, an SCTP endpoint, to say it
>> strictly, may have
>> > only one SCTP association; and a signaling process may use multiple 
>> > SCTP
>> > endpoints (and hence multiple SCTP associations) for communication with
>> > different signaling processes of one AS/SG.
>> [TOLGA]Yes.
> [TOLGA]Actually no. Each signaling process is an SCTP endpoint. You have
> different SCTP associations from this endpoint to different SCTP 
> endpoints.

[Sergey] Ok, now I'm agree.

>
> SCTP endpoint ==> local IP addresses, port

[Sergey] I would consider an SCTP endpoint this way:
SCTP endpoint ==> combination of a set of destination transport addresses 
and a set of source transport addresses (see SCTP endpoint definition on 
Page 13 of the RFC 2960).

> SCTP association ==> A relationship between two SCTP endpoints

[Sergey] Agree.

>> [TOLGA]The protocol never intends to use multiple associations between 
>> two
>> signaling entities. If you follow that path -for some reason-, both sides
>> will need to agree on the chneges necessary to support that scenario, 
>> i.e.
>> it won't be a solution compliant with the protocol.

[Sergey] Ok.


Regards,
Sergey Mikhailov.