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connectionless

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A communications architecture that does not require the establishment of a session between two nodes before transmission can begin. The transmission of frames within a local area network (LAN), such as Ethernet, Token Ring and FDDI, is connectionless.

In an IP network, the UDP transport protocol, which is used for voice over IP (VoIP) and videoconferencing, is connectionless. Contrast with connection oriented.


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Part of this fragility results from the connectionless nature of IP where IP ports can burst to the full line rate, thereby affecting other IP data flows competing for service on that IP network.
They offer services like digital encrypted voice transmission, connection-oriented and connectionless data transmission.
UDP is a connectionless transport protocol, which means that it does not establish a dialogue to insure that packets are being received before sending more data.
 
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