WebSphere MQ for AIX supports the User Datagram Protocol (UDP), a part of the Internet suite of protocols, as an alternative to TCP. You might decide to use UDP instead of TCP for your mobile radio network, where you need to reduce the traffic, and therefore the cost, on a packet radio data network.
UDP uses the Internet Protocol (IP) to deliver datagrams, the basic unit of information for UDP.
You can use UDP to send message data between WebSphere MQ for Windows systems and WebSphere MQ for AIX server systems.
| Note: | UDP is supplied as part of the operating system or TCP/IP suite you are using; you do not need to buy and install a separate UDP product. |
This appendix describes how to:
It also provides some hints and tips on what to do to tailor the UDP support in WebSphere MQ to suit your needs.