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Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a transport-level protocol (same as TCP/UDP) for reliable in-order transmission of messages (like UDP) with congestion control.

It’s somewhat between TCP and UDP (or rather an improvement of both).

TCPUDPSCTP
ReliabilityReliableUnreliableConfigurable
DeliveryOrderedUnorderedConfigurable
TransmissionStreamMessagesMessages
Flow controlYesNoYes
Congestion controlYesNoYes

SCTP is used for WebRTC Data Channels.

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