%% You should probably cite rfc5405 instead of this I-D. @techreport{ietf-tsvwg-udp-guidelines-11, number = {draft-ietf-tsvwg-udp-guidelines-11}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tsvwg-udp-guidelines/11/}, author = {Lars Eggert and Gorry Fairhurst}, title = {{Unicast UDP Usage Guidelines for Application Designers}}, pagetotal = 27, year = 2008, month = oct, day = 11, abstract = {The User Datagram Protocol (UDP) provides a minimal message-passing transport that has no inherent congestion control mechanisms. Because congestion control is critical to the stable operation of the Internet, applications and upper-layer protocols that choose to use UDP as an Internet transport must employ mechanisms to prevent congestion collapse and to establish some degree of fairness with concurrent traffic. This document provides guidelines on the use of UDP for the designers of unicast applications and upper-layer protocols. Congestion control guidelines are a primary focus, but the document also provides guidance on other topics, including message sizes, reliability, checksums, and middlebox traversal. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.}, }