RFC-768
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Connectionless transport protocol providing best-effort datagram delivery with minimal overhead. Used where low latency is preferred over reliability: DNS, VoIP, streaming media, gaming, and real-time IoT telemetry.
- Document
- RFC 768 (1980)
- URL
- https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc768
- Label
- Standard
- Keywords
- UDP datagram connectionless transport protocol low latency best-effort VoIP streaming
Domain: Network Protocols · Standard