Protocols

Protocols are the way how applications communicate with each other through a network. There are very basic ones such as IP, TCP and UDP and top-level ones we will describe in the following. Please look at the listed articles for details about them and feel free to expand the list.

• HTTP
• IGMP
• MMSH
• RTP
• RTCP
• RTSP
• SAP
• SDP
• SIP
• UDP
• TCP

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External Links

• More Info on Protocols
• Protocol Stack (TCP/IP)