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User Datagram

Protocol
(UDP)
CONTENTS
• PROCESS-TO-PROCESS COMMUNICATION
• USER DATAGRAM
• CHECKSUM
• UDP OPERATION
• USE OF UDP
Position of UDP in the TCP/IP protocol suite
PROCESS
TO
PROCESS
COMMUNICATION
UDP versus IP
Port numbers
IP addresses versus port numbers
IANA ranges
Socket addresses
USER
DATAGRAM
User datagram format
UDP length 
IP length  IP header’s length
CHECKSUM
UDP
OPERATION
Encapsulation and decapsulation
Multiplexing and demultiplexing
USE
OF UDP

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