Transport package

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A Transport Packet ( TPKT , German Transportpaket ) is used in the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) to send several messages in one packet . Transport packets are described in RFC 1006 . The messages to be transported are called Transport Protocol Data Units (TPDU) there. This method is used, among other things, for IP telephony .

construction

A transport packet consists of a packet header and a variable number of TPDUs. The package header consists of the specification of the version number of the protocol, a reserved area and the specification of the length of the package including the package header.

Web links

  • RFC 905 (ISO Transport Protocol Specification)
  • RFC 1006 (ISO Transport Service on top of the TCP)

swell

  1. ↑ ITU-T T.123 - Network-specific data protocol stacks for multimedia conferencing
  2. ↑ RFC 1006 - ISO Transport Service on top of the TCP