HTTPU
Encyclopedia
HTTPU is an extension of the HTTP/1.1 protocol using UDP
as the data transport instead of the usual TCP
protocol. HTTPMU is a variant of HTTPU that uses IP multicast
.
HTTPU is used as part of the implementation of Universal Plug and Play
.
User Datagram Protocol
The User Datagram Protocol is one of the core members of the Internet Protocol Suite, the set of network protocols used for the Internet. With UDP, computer applications can send messages, in this case referred to as datagrams, to other hosts on an Internet Protocol network without requiring...
as the data transport instead of the usual TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
The Transmission Control Protocol is one of the core protocols of the Internet Protocol Suite. TCP is one of the two original components of the suite, complementing the Internet Protocol , and therefore the entire suite is commonly referred to as TCP/IP...
protocol. HTTPMU is a variant of HTTPU that uses IP multicast
IP Multicast
IP multicast is a method of sending Internet Protocol datagrams to a group of interested receivers in a single transmission. It is often employed for streaming media applications on the Internet and private networks. The method is the IP-specific version of the general concept of multicast...
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HTTPU is used as part of the implementation of Universal Plug and Play
Universal Plug and Play
Universal Plug and Play is a set of networking protocols for primarily residential networks without enterprise class devices that permits networked devices, such as personal computers, printers, Internet gateways, Wi-Fi access points and mobile devices to seamlessly discover each other's presence...
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External links
- Internet-Draft: Multicast and Unicast UDP HTTP Messages, 1999.
- Updated version of draft: , 2000