Transport Protocols: UDP vs TCP for Streaming
Understand why real-time streaming favors UDP over TCP, how latency, jitter, and packet loss affect live media, and how WebRTC builds reliability on top of UDP.
Why Transport Matters
Before media can flow, it crosses the network - and the transport protocol shapes latency and quality. The two choices are TCP and UDP.
TCP in a Nutshell
TCP guarantees ordered, reliable delivery: a lost packet is resent before later data arrives. Great for files and pages, where correctness beats speed.
All lessons in this course
- What is Real-Time Communication?
- Overview of WebRTC Technology
- WebRTC Core Components Explained
- Transport Protocols: UDP vs TCP for Streaming