_heartbeat_interval

Description

Computes the interval between HEARTBEAT chunks to an idle destination, that is allowed to heartbeat.

An SCTP endpoint periodically sends an HEARTBEAT chunk to monitor the reachability of the idle destinations transport addresses of its peer.

Default

30 seconds

Range

0 to 86,400 seconds

Dynamic?

Yes

When to Change

Refer to RFC 2960, section 8.3.

Commitment Level

Unstable