Patent ID: 8750112

Claim:
A method of establishing a network connection via a connectionless transport layer communication protocol, the method comprising: exchanging a plurality of data packets between a first node of a network and a second node of the network, wherein each of the data packets comprises a header and a payload formatted according to the connectionless protocol, wherein the connectionless protocol payload of each of the data packets comprises a separate header comprising a first port indicator for the first node randomly selected by the first node and a second port indicator for the second node, and wherein the separate header of at least one of the data packets comprises an indication to establish a connection between the first node and the second node; and establishing, at the first node and the second node, in response to exchanging the data packets, the connection between the first node and the second node, wherein the connection is established using a port at the first node associated with first port indicator and a port at the second node associated with the second port indicator.