Tcp or udp connections are uniquely acknowledged using the following four items in each message:
Source ip address
The Ip address of the sending packet.
Target ip address
Ip address of the received packet.
Source port
The connection port on the source system.
Port of destination
The connection port on the target system.
Port refers to the communication protocol port used for super busy connection service and connectionless service in the network. It is an abstract software structure, including some data structures and i/o buffers. It is a software structure used by client programs or service processes to send and receive information. One port corresponds to 16 bits.