Intro to UDP
Properties of UDP communication
Properties
of
UDP communciation
:
Block oriented
:
A
UDP message
is
transmitted
as a
whole
The
receiver
will
receive
a transmitted
UDP message
as a
whole
I.e.:
The
receiver
will
receive
what was
sent
The
receiver
will
not
receive a
portion
of the
transmitted message
Unreliable
:
A
message
transmitted through
UDP
is
"send" and "done"
with no guarantee whatsoever
So:
You can
transmit
a
UDP message
even
when there is
no
receiver
at the
receiving
end
!!!
(It can be quite
disturbing
to
novice users
)