COMPUTER NETWORKING

TRANSPORT LAYER

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
UDP uses ____ to handle incoming user datagrams that go to different processes on the same host.
A
flow control
B
Multiplexing
C
Demultiplexing
D
none of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -UDP is a simple message-oriented transport layer protocol that is documented in RFC 768. Although UDP provides integrity verification (via checksum) of the header and payload, it provides no guarantees to the upper layer protocol for message delivery and the UDP layer retains no state of UDP messages once sent.

Detailed explanation-2: -UDP packets are called datagrams, rather than segments.

Detailed explanation-3: -UDP is used when acknowledgement of data does not hold any significance. UDP is good protocol for data flowing in one direction. UDP is simple and suitable for query based communications. UDP is not connection oriented. UDP does not provide congestion control mechanism. More items

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