diff --git a/ndn-cpp/c/transport/UdpTransport.c b/ndn-cpp/c/transport/UdpTransport.c
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+/**
+ * @author: Jeff Thompson
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#include "UdpTransport.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include "../util/ndn_memory.h"
+
+ndn_Error ndn_UdpTransport_connect(struct ndn_UdpTransport *self, char *host, unsigned short port)
+{
+  if (self->socketDescriptor >= 0) {
+    close(self->socketDescriptor);
+    self->socketDescriptor = -1;
+  }
+  
+	struct addrinfo hints;
+	ndn_memset((unsigned char *)&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
+	hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+	hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM;
+
+  char portString[10];
+  sprintf(portString, "%d", port);
+  
+	struct addrinfo *serverInfo;
+	if (getaddrinfo(host, portString, &hints, &serverInfo) != 0)
+		return NDN_ERROR_UdpTransport_error_in_getaddrinfo;
+
+	// loop through all the results and connect to the first we can
+	struct addrinfo *p;
+  int socketDescriptor;
+	for(p = serverInfo; p != NULL; p = p->ai_next) {
+		if ((socketDescriptor = socket(p->ai_family, p->ai_socktype, p->ai_protocol)) == -1)
+			continue;
+
+		if (connect(socketDescriptor, p->ai_addr, p->ai_addrlen) == -1) {
+			close(socketDescriptor);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (p == NULL) {
+    freeaddrinfo(serverInfo);
+		return NDN_ERROR_UdpTransport_cannot_connect_to_socket;
+  }
+
+	freeaddrinfo(serverInfo);
+  self->socketDescriptor = socketDescriptor;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+ndn_Error ndn_UdpTransport_send(struct ndn_UdpTransport *self, unsigned char *data, unsigned int dataLength)
+{
+  if (self->socketDescriptor < 0)
+    return NDN_ERROR_UdpTransport_socket_is_not_open;
+  
+  int nBytes;
+  while (1) {
+    if ((nBytes = send(self->socketDescriptor, data, dataLength, 0)) < 0)
+      return NDN_ERROR_UdpTransport_error_in_send;
+    if (nBytes >= dataLength)
+      break;
+    
+    // Send more.
+    dataLength -= nBytes;
+  }
+
+  return 0;  
+}
+
+ndn_Error ndn_UdpTransport_receive
+(struct ndn_UdpTransport *self, unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int bufferLength, unsigned int *nBytesOut)
+{
+  if (self->socketDescriptor < 0)
+    return NDN_ERROR_UdpTransport_socket_is_not_open;
+
+  int nBytes;  
+	if ((nBytes = recv(self->socketDescriptor, buffer, bufferLength, 0)) == -1)
+    return NDN_ERROR_UdpTransport_error_in_recv;
+
+  *nBytesOut = (unsigned int)nBytes;
+  
+	return 0;  
+}