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Learn about UDP!
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header includes
source and destination ports, length, checksum
process 1
packets are processed by network layer - the protocol number in the IP header determines they are UDP datagrams
process 2
transport layer demultiplexes on the port number
process 3
the message is added to the queue, unless it is full, in which case the message is discarded
udp suitable for 1
applications that don’t need complete reliability and are tolerant to loss
udp suitable for 2
applications that prefer timeliness instead - video streaming