| 摘要 |
A reliable connectionless protocol is used in a networking environment. A transport layer (240) receives data for transfer between a source node (210) and a destination node (220) on a network (200). The transport layer divides the data into predetermined length data packets, and generates a segment header for each data packet. The transport layer generates independent segments by combining each data packet with a corresponding segment header. Consequently, each segment, including the first segment and the last segment, contains a data packet. The independent segments are transferred from the source node to the destination node via the network without establishing a connection. A transport layer on the destination node creates local state upon receipt of the first segment, and extracts the data from the data packets to reconstruct the original data. The local state is released when the destination node receives the last segment in the message. |
