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Transmission Sequence Number Last modified: Thursday, September 18, 2008
Abbreviated as TSN, a Transmission Sequence Number is a 32-bit sequence number used internally by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol). A TSN is attached to each unit of information within an SCTP packet (also called a chunk) containing user data to permit the receiving SCTP endpoint to acknowledge its receipt. Also see The OSI Reference Model - Understanding Layers" in the Did You Know...? section of Webopedia.
RFC 2960: Stream Control Transmission Protocol This document describes the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP). SCTP is designed to transport PSTN signaling messages over IP networks, but is capable of broader applications. RFC 3436: TLS over SCTP This document describes the usage of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol, as defined in [RFC2246], over the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP), as defined in [RFC2960] and [RFC3309]. SCTP For Beginners The ultimate resource for everything SCTP!	Related Categories Client/Server Computing Data Network Protocols Related Terms 32-bit chunk data SCTP SCTP association SCTP endpoint