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