diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/sctp/DefaultSctpChannelConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/sctp/DefaultSctpChannelConfig.java
index fd7e221998..5dddb59f74 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/sctp/DefaultSctpChannelConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/sctp/DefaultSctpChannelConfig.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 package org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.sctp;
 
 import com.sun.nio.sctp.SctpChannel;
-import com.sun.nio.sctp.SctpStandardSocketOption;
+import static com.sun.nio.sctp.SctpStandardSocketOptions.*;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelException;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultChannelConfig;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioSocketChannelConfig;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class DefaultSctpChannelConfig extends DefaultChannelConfig implements SctpChann
         } else if (key.equals("soLinger")) {
             setSoLinger(ConversionUtil.toInt(value));
         } else if (key.equals("sctpInitMaxStreams")) {
-            setInitMaxStreams((SctpStandardSocketOption.InitMaxStreams) value);
+            setInitMaxStreams((InitMaxStreams) value);
         } else {
             return false;
         }
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class DefaultSctpChannelConfig extends DefaultChannelConfig implements SctpChann
     @Override
     public boolean isSctpNoDelay() {
         try {
-            return channel.getOption(SctpStandardSocketOption.SCTP_NODELAY);
+            return channel.getOption(SCTP_NODELAY);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new ChannelException(e);
         }
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class DefaultSctpChannelConfig extends DefaultChannelConfig implements SctpChann
     @Override
     public void setSctpNoDelay(boolean tcpNoDelay) {
         try {
-            channel.setOption(SctpStandardSocketOption.SCTP_NODELAY, tcpNoDelay);
+            channel.setOption(SCTP_NODELAY, tcpNoDelay);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new ChannelException(e);
         }
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class DefaultSctpChannelConfig extends DefaultChannelConfig implements SctpChann
     @Override
     public int getSoLinger() {
         try {
-            return channel.getOption(SctpStandardSocketOption.SO_LINGER);
+            return channel.getOption(SO_LINGER);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new ChannelException(e);
         }
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class DefaultSctpChannelConfig extends DefaultChannelConfig implements SctpChann
     @Override
     public void setSoLinger(int soLinger) {
         try {
-            channel.setOption(SctpStandardSocketOption.SO_LINGER, soLinger);
+            channel.setOption(SO_LINGER, soLinger);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new ChannelException(e);
         }
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class DefaultSctpChannelConfig extends DefaultChannelConfig implements SctpChann
     @Override
     public int getSendBufferSize() {
         try {
-            return channel.getOption(SctpStandardSocketOption.SO_SNDBUF);
+            return channel.getOption(SO_SNDBUF);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new ChannelException(e);
         }
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class DefaultSctpChannelConfig extends DefaultChannelConfig implements SctpChann
     @Override
     public void setSendBufferSize(int sendBufferSize) {
         try {
-            channel.setOption(SctpStandardSocketOption.SO_SNDBUF, sendBufferSize);
+            channel.setOption(SO_SNDBUF, sendBufferSize);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new ChannelException(e);
         }
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class DefaultSctpChannelConfig extends DefaultChannelConfig implements SctpChann
     @Override
     public int getReceiveBufferSize() {
         try {
-            return channel.getOption(SctpStandardSocketOption.SO_RCVBUF);
+            return channel.getOption(SO_RCVBUF);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new ChannelException(e);
         }
@@ -132,25 +132,25 @@ class DefaultSctpChannelConfig extends DefaultChannelConfig implements SctpChann
     @Override
     public void setReceiveBufferSize(int receiveBufferSize) {
         try {
-            channel.setOption(SctpStandardSocketOption.SO_RCVBUF, receiveBufferSize);
+            channel.setOption(SO_RCVBUF, receiveBufferSize);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new ChannelException(e);
         }
     }
 
     @Override
-    public SctpStandardSocketOption.InitMaxStreams getInitMaxStreams() {
+    public InitMaxStreams getInitMaxStreams() {
         try {
-            return channel.getOption(SctpStandardSocketOption.SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS);
+            return channel.getOption(SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new ChannelException(e);
         }
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setInitMaxStreams(SctpStandardSocketOption.InitMaxStreams initMaxStreams) {
+    public void setInitMaxStreams(InitMaxStreams initMaxStreams) {
         try {
-            channel.setOption(SctpStandardSocketOption.SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS, initMaxStreams);
+            channel.setOption(SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS, initMaxStreams);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new ChannelException(e);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/sctp/SctpChannelConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/sctp/SctpChannelConfig.java
index 2772e6ba4e..75367aae7a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/sctp/SctpChannelConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/sctp/SctpChannelConfig.java
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@
  */
 package org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.sctp;
 
-import com.sun.nio.sctp.SctpStandardSocketOption;
+import static com.sun.nio.sctp.SctpStandardSocketOptions.*;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelConfig;
 
-import java.net.SocketAddress;
-
 /**
  * A {@link org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelConfig} for a {@link org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.sctp.SctpChannel}.
  * <p/>
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ import java.net.SocketAddress;
  * </tr><tr>
  * <td>{@code "sendBufferSize"}</td><td>{@link #setSendBufferSize(int)}</td>
  * </tr><tr>
- * <td>{@code "sctpInitMaxStreams"}</td><td>{@link #setInitMaxStreams(com.sun.nio.sctp.SctpStandardSocketOption.InitMaxStreams)} (int)}}</td>
+ * <td>{@code "sctpInitMaxStreams"}</td><td>{@link #setInitMaxStreams(InitMaxStreams)}</td>
  * </tr>
  * </table>
  *
@@ -94,10 +92,10 @@ public interface SctpChannelConfig extends ChannelConfig {
     /**
      * Gets the <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/projects/sctp/javadoc/com/sun/nio/sctp/SctpStandardSocketOption.html">{@code SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS}</a> option.
      */
-    SctpStandardSocketOption.InitMaxStreams getInitMaxStreams();
+    InitMaxStreams getInitMaxStreams();
 
     /**
      * Gets the <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/projects/sctp/javadoc/com/sun/nio/sctp/SctpStandardSocketOption.html">{@code SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS}</a> option.
      */
-    void setInitMaxStreams(SctpStandardSocketOption.InitMaxStreams initMaxStreams);
+    void setInitMaxStreams(InitMaxStreams initMaxStreams);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/sctp/SctpServerChannelConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/sctp/SctpServerChannelConfig.java
index baf2d8587a..79f8e293c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/sctp/SctpServerChannelConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/sctp/SctpServerChannelConfig.java
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@
  */
 package org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.sctp;
 
-import com.sun.nio.sctp.SctpStandardSocketOption;
+import static com.sun.nio.sctp.SctpStandardSocketOptions.*;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelException;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.DefaultServerChannelConfig;
 import org.jboss.netty.util.internal.ConversionUtil;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.SocketAddress;
 
 /**
  * The default {@link org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.ServerSocketChannelConfig} implementation.
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ public class SctpServerChannelConfig extends DefaultServerChannelConfig
         }
 
         if (key.equals("sctpInitMaxStreams")) {
-            setInitMaxStreams((SctpStandardSocketOption.InitMaxStreams) value);
+            setInitMaxStreams((InitMaxStreams) value);
         } else if (key.equals("backlog")) {
             setBacklog(ConversionUtil.toInt(value));
         } else {
@@ -65,18 +64,18 @@ public class SctpServerChannelConfig extends DefaultServerChannelConfig
     }
 
     @Override
-    public SctpStandardSocketOption.InitMaxStreams getInitMaxStreams() {
+    public InitMaxStreams getInitMaxStreams() {
         try {
-            return serverChannel.getOption(SctpStandardSocketOption.SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS);
+            return serverChannel.getOption(SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new ChannelException(e);
         }
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setInitMaxStreams(SctpStandardSocketOption.InitMaxStreams initMaxStreams) {
+    public void setInitMaxStreams(InitMaxStreams initMaxStreams) {
         try {
-            serverChannel.setOption(SctpStandardSocketOption.SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS, initMaxStreams);
+            serverChannel.setOption(SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS, initMaxStreams);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new ChannelException(e);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/sctp/ServerSctpChannelConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/sctp/ServerSctpChannelConfig.java
index 50eb0268f2..0cfad45975 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/sctp/ServerSctpChannelConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/sctp/ServerSctpChannelConfig.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.sctp;
 
-import com.sun.nio.sctp.SctpStandardSocketOption;
+import static com.sun.nio.sctp.SctpStandardSocketOptions.*;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelConfig;
 
 /**
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelConfig;
  * </tr><tr>
  * <td>{@code "backlog"}</td><td>{@link #setBacklog(int)}</td>
  * </tr><tr>
- * <td>{@code "sctpInitMaxStreams"}</td><td>{@link #setInitMaxStreams(com.sun.nio.sctp.SctpStandardSocketOption.InitMaxStreams)} (int)}}</td>
+ * <td>{@code "sctpInitMaxStreams"}</td><td>{@link #setInitMaxStreams(InitMaxStreams)} (int)}}</td>
  * </tr>
  * </table>
  *
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ public interface ServerSctpChannelConfig extends ChannelConfig {
     /**
      * Gets the <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/projects/sctp/javadoc/com/sun/nio/sctp/SctpStandardSocketOption.html">{@code SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS}</a> option.
      */
-    SctpStandardSocketOption.InitMaxStreams getInitMaxStreams();
+    InitMaxStreams getInitMaxStreams();
 
     /**
      * Gets the <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/projects/sctp/javadoc/com/sun/nio/sctp/SctpStandardSocketOption.html">{@code SCTP_INIT_MAXSTREAMS}</a> option.
      */
-    void setInitMaxStreams(SctpStandardSocketOption.InitMaxStreams initMaxStreams);
+    void setInitMaxStreams(InitMaxStreams initMaxStreams);
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/sctp/SctpClient.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/sctp/SctpClient.java
index 22118317fc..5a9b988097 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/sctp/SctpClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/sctp/SctpClient.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipelineFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.sctp.SctpClientSocketChannelFactory;
+import org.jboss.netty.handler.execution.ExecutionHandler;
+import org.jboss.netty.handler.execution.OrderedMemoryAwareThreadPoolExecutor;
 
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
@@ -31,9 +33,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
  * @author <a href="http://www.jboss.org/netty/">The Netty Project</a>
  * @author <a href="http://gleamynode.net/">Trustin Lee</a>
  * @author <a href="http://github.com/jestan">Jestan Nirojan</a>
- *
  * @version $Rev$, $Date$
- *
  */
 public class SctpClient {
 
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@ public class SctpClient {
                         Executors.newCachedThreadPool(),
                         Executors.newCachedThreadPool()));
 
+        final ExecutionHandler executionHandler = new ExecutionHandler(
+                new OrderedMemoryAwareThreadPoolExecutor(16, 1048576, 1048576));
+
         // Set up the pipeline factory.
         bootstrap.setPipelineFactory(new ChannelPipelineFactory() {
             @Override
             public ChannelPipeline getPipeline() throws Exception {
-                return Channels.pipeline(
-                        new SctpClientHandler());
+                return Channels.pipeline(executionHandler, new SctpClientHandler());
             }
         });
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/sctp/SctpClientHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/sctp/SctpClientHandler.java
index 161c486d12..f060d67dcb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/sctp/SctpClientHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/sctp/SctpClientHandler.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 package org.jboss.netty.example.sctp;
 
-import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
 import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffers;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.*;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.sctp.SctpMessage;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/sctp/SctpServer.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/sctp/SctpServer.java
index dd8259b94e..6f8dda1975 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/sctp/SctpServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/sctp/SctpServer.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipelineFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channels;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.sctp.SctpServerSocketChannelFactory;
+import org.jboss.netty.handler.execution.ExecutionHandler;
+import org.jboss.netty.handler.execution.OrderedMemoryAwareThreadPoolExecutor;
 
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
@@ -30,9 +32,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
  * @author <a href="http://www.jboss.org/netty/">The Netty Project</a>
  * @author <a href="http://gleamynode.net/">Trustin Lee</a>
  * @author <a href="http://github.com/jestan">Jestan Nirojan</a>
- *
  * @version $Rev$, $Date$
- *
  */
 public class SctpServer {
 
@@ -43,11 +43,14 @@ public class SctpServer {
                         Executors.newCachedThreadPool(),
                         Executors.newCachedThreadPool()));
 
+        final ExecutionHandler executionHandler = new ExecutionHandler(
+                new OrderedMemoryAwareThreadPoolExecutor(16, 1048576, 1048576));
+
         // Set up the pipeline factory.
         bootstrap.setPipelineFactory(new ChannelPipelineFactory() {
             @Override
             public ChannelPipeline getPipeline() throws Exception {
-                return Channels.pipeline(new SctpServerHandler());
+                return Channels.pipeline(executionHandler, new SctpServerHandler());
             }
         });
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/sctp/SctpServerHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/sctp/SctpServerHandler.java
index d64e1ddfb7..9a3f2475f3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/sctp/SctpServerHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/example/sctp/SctpServerHandler.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class SctpServerHandler extends SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler {
     public void messageReceived(
             ChannelHandlerContext ctx, MessageEvent e) {
         // Send back the received message to the remote peer.
-        logger.log(Level.INFO, "Received " +  counter.incrementAndGet() + "th message from client.");
+//        logger.log(Level.INFO, "Received " +  counter.incrementAndGet() + "th message from client.");
         e.getChannel().write(e.getMessage());
     }