Keyed User Datagram Protocol: Concepts and Operation of an Almost Reliable Connectionless Transport Protocol

User Datagram Protocol

The UDP module must be able to determine the source and destination internet addresses and the protocol field from the internet header. One possible UDP/IP interface would return the whole internet datagram including all of the internet header in response to a receive operation. Such an interface would also allow the UDP to pass a full internet datagram complete with header to the IP to send. T...

The Lightweight User Datagram Protocol (UDP-Lite)

This document describes the Lightweight User Datagram Protocol (UDPLite), which is similar to the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) (RFC 768), but can also serve applications in error-prone network environments that prefer to have partially damaged payloads delivered rather than discarded. If this feature is not used, UDP-Lite is semantically identical to UDP. Larzon, et al. Standards Track [Page 1]...

Satellite Transport Protocol (STP): An SSCOP-based Transport Protocol for Datagram Satellite Networks

We describe the adaptation of an ATM-based protocol, the Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol (SSCOP), for use as a transport protocol in a datagram-based satellite data network. This protocol operates with high throughput and efficiency over links with a large bandwidth-delay product, including those with a high bit error or packet loss rate. We discuss the modifications to SSCOP nece...

A User Level, Reliable, and Reconfigurable Transport Layer Protocol

User Datagram and Bundle Protocol for Distributed Small Satellite Topologies

Many planned Earth observation satellite missions use distributed satellite systems in constellation or cluster orbits instead of one, large satellite with many instruments. This network of satellites and ground stations allows data to be efficiently downlinked. However, to create a networking protocol for constellations of small Earth observing satellites, several limitations need to be addres...