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# diameter_sctp

### MODULE

diameter_sctp

### MODULE SUMMARY

Diameter transport over SCTP.

### DESCRIPTION

This module implements diameter transport over SCTP using gen_sctp(3). It can be specified as the value of a transport_module option to diameter:add_transport/2 and implements the behaviour documented in diameter_transport(3).

### EXPORTS

start({Type, Ref}, Svc, [Opt]) -> {ok, Pid, [LAddr]} | {error, Reason}

Types:

Type = connect | accept
Ref = diameter:transport_ref()
Svc = #diameter_service{}
Opt = OwnOpt | SctpOpt
Pid = pid()
LAddr = inet:ip_address()
Reason = term()
OwnOpt = {raddr, inet:ip_address()} | {rport, integer()} | {accept, Match}
SctpOpt = term()
Match = inet:ip_address() | string() | [Match]

The start function required by diameter_transport(3).

Options raddr and rport specify the remote address and port for a connecting transport and not valid for a listening transport: the former is required while latter defaults to 3868 if unspecified. Multiple raddr options can be specified, in which case the connecting transport in question attempts each in sequence until an association is established.

Option accept specifies remote addresses for a listening transport and is not valid for a connecting transport. If specified, a remote address that does not match one of the specified addresses causes the association to be aborted. Multiple accept options can be specified. A string-valued Match that does not parse as an address is interpreted as a regular expression.

Remaining options are any accepted by gen_sctp:open/1, with the exception of options mode, binary, list, active and sctp_events. Note that options ip and port specify the local address and port respectively.

Multiple ip options can be specified for a multihomed peer. If none are specified then the values of Host-IP-Address in the #diameter_service{} record are used. (In particular, one of these must be specified.) Option port defaults to 3868 for a listening transport and 0 for a connecting transport.

Warning

An insufficiently large receive buffer may result in a peer having to resend incoming messages: set the inet(3) option recbuf to increase the buffer size.

An insufficiently large send buffer may result in outgoing messages being discarded: set the inet(3) option sndbuf to increase the buffer size.

diameter_sctp uses the transport_data field of the #diameter_packet{} record to communicate the stream on which an inbound message has been received, or on which an outbound message should be sent: the value will be of the form {stream, Id} on an inbound message passed to a handle_request/3 or handle_answer/4 callback. For an outbound message, either undefined (explicitly or by receiving the outbound message as a binary()) or a tuple should be set in the return value of handle_request/3 (typically by retaining the value passed into this function) or prepare_request/3. The value undefined uses a "next outbound stream" id and increments this modulo the total number outbound streams. That is, successive values of undefined cycle through all outbound streams.

### SEE ALSO

diameter(3), diameter_transport(3), gen_sctp(3), inet(3)