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IETF RFC 5405
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Unicast UDP Usage Guidelines for Application Designers

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Publisher
IETF
Doc Type
Best Practice
Pages
27
Abstract
The User Datagram Protocol (UDP) provides a minimal message-passing transport that has no inherent congestion control mechanisms. Because congestion control is critical to the stable operation of the Internet, applications and upper-layer protocols that choose to use UDP as an Internet transport must employ mechanisms to prevent congestion collapse and to establish some degree of fairness with concurrent traffic. This document provides guidelines on the use of UDP for the designers of unicast applications and upper-layer protocols. Congestion control guidelines are a primary focus, but the document also provides guidance on other topics, including message sizes, reliability, checksums, and middlebox traversal. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
Publication Date
2008-11-01
Status Note
Best Current Practice
DOI
10.17487/RFC5405
Link
https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5405
Author(s)
Lars Eggert
Gorry Fairhurst
Keyword(s)
UDP, Congestion Control
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