diff --git a/include/fc/exception/exception.hpp b/include/fc/exception/exception.hpp
index e6c686e..11bfbb1 100644
--- a/include/fc/exception/exception.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/exception/exception.hpp
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ namespace fc
        std_exception_code                = 13,
        invalid_operation_exception_code  = 14,
        unknown_host_exception_code       = 15,
-       null_optional_code                = 16
+       null_optional_code                = 16,
+       udt_error_code                    = 17
    };
 
    /**
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ namespace fc
   FC_DECLARE_EXCEPTION( assert_exception, assert_exception_code, "Assert Exception" );
   FC_DECLARE_EXCEPTION( eof_exception, eof_exception_code, "End Of File" );
   FC_DECLARE_EXCEPTION( null_optional, null_optional_code, "null optional" );
+  FC_DECLARE_EXCEPTION( udt_exception, udt_error_code, "UDT error" );
 
   std::string except_str();
 
diff --git a/include/fc/network/ip.hpp b/include/fc/network/ip.hpp
index 9760aeb..5a1bd0c 100644
--- a/include/fc/network/ip.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/network/ip.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <fc/crypto/sha1.hpp>
 #include <fc/io/raw_fwd.hpp>
 #include <fc/crypto/city.hpp>
+#include <fc/reflect/reflect.hpp>
 
 namespace fc {
 
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ namespace fc {
   void to_variant( const ip::address& var,  variant& vo );
   void from_variant( const variant& var,  ip::address& vo );
 
+
   namespace raw 
   {
     template<typename Stream> 
@@ -110,7 +112,9 @@ namespace fc {
     }
 
   }
-}
+} // namespace fc
+FC_REFLECT_TYPENAME( fc::ip::address ) 
+FC_REFLECT_TYPENAME( fc::ip::endpoint ) 
 namespace std
 {
     template<>
diff --git a/include/fc/network/udt_socket.hpp b/include/fc/network/udt_socket.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b022b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/fc/network/udt_socket.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <fc/utility.hpp>
+#include <fc/fwd.hpp>
+#include <fc/io/iostream.hpp>
+#include <fc/time.hpp>
+
+namespace fc {
+   namespace ip { class endpoint; }
+
+   class udt_socket : public virtual iostream 
+   {
+     public:
+       udt_socket();
+       ~udt_socket();
+   
+       void             connect_to( const fc::ip::endpoint& remote_endpoint );
+
+       fc::ip::endpoint remote_endpoint() const;
+       fc::ip::endpoint local_endpoint() const;
+   
+       void get( char& c )
+       {
+           read( &c, 1 );
+       }
+   
+   
+       /// istream interface
+       /// @{
+       virtual size_t   readsome( char* buffer, size_t max );
+       virtual bool     eof()const;
+       /// @}
+   
+       /// ostream interface
+       /// @{
+       virtual size_t   writesome( const char* buffer, size_t len );
+       virtual void     flush();
+       virtual void     close();
+       /// @}
+   
+       void open();
+       bool is_open()const;
+   
+     private:
+       friend class udt_server;
+       int  _udt_socket_id;
+   };
+   typedef std::shared_ptr<udt_socket> udt_socket_ptr;
+
+} // fc
diff --git a/src/network/udt_socket.cpp b/src/network/udt_socket.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f89de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/network/udt_socket.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+#include <fc/network/udt_socket.hpp>
+
+namespace fc {
+
+   void check_udt_errors()
+   {
+      UDT::ERRORINFO& error_info = UDT::getlasterror();
+      if( error_info.getErrorCode() )
+      {
+         std::string  error_message = error_info.getErrorMessage();
+         error_info.clear();
+         FC_CAPTURE_AND_THROW( udt_exception, (error_message) );
+      }
+   }
+
+   udt_socket::udt_socket()
+   :_udt_socket_id( UDT::INVALID_SOCK )
+   {
+   }
+
+   ~udt_socket()
+   {
+      close();
+   }
+
+   void udt_socket::connect_to( const ip::endpoint& remote_endpoint )
+   { try {
+      sockaddr_in serv_addr;
+      serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+      serv_addr.sin_port = htons(remote_endpoint.port());
+      serv_addr.sin_addr = htonl(remote_endpoint.address());
+
+      // connect to the server, implict bind
+      if (UDT::ERROR == UDT::connect(_udt_socket_id, (sockaddr*)&serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)))
+         check_udt_errors();
+
+   } FC_CAPTURE_AND_RETHROW( (remote_endpoint) ) }
+
+   ip::endpoint udt_socket::remote_endpoint() const
+   { try {
+      sockaddr_in peer_addr;
+      int peer_addr_size = sizeof(peer_addr);
+      int error_code = UDT::getpeername( _udt_socket_id, &peer_addr, &peer_addr_size );
+      if( error_code == UDT::ERROR )
+          check_udt_errors();
+      return ip::endpoint( address( htonl( peer_addr.sin_addr ) ), htons(peer_addr.sin_port) );
+   } FC_CAPTURE_AND_RETHROW() }
+
+   ip::endpoint udt_socket::local_endpoint() const
+   { try {
+      sockaddr_in sock_addr;
+      int addr_size = sizeof(peer_addr);
+      int error_code = UDT::getsockname( _udt_socket_id, &sock_addr, &addr_size );
+      if( error_code == UDT::ERROR )
+          check_udt_errors();
+      return ip::endpoint( address( htonl( sock_addr.sin_addr ) ), htons(sock_addr.sin_port) );
+   } FC_CAPTURE_AND_RETHROW() }
+
+
+   /// @{
+   size_t   udt_socket::readsome( char* buffer, size_t max )
+   { try {
+      auto bytes_read = UDT::recv( _udt_socket_id, buffer, max, 0 );
+      if( bytes_read == UDT::ERROR )
+      {
+         if( UDT::getlasterror().getCode() == UDT::EASYNCRCV )
+         {
+            // create a future and post to epoll, wait on it, then
+            // call readsome recursively.
+         }
+         else
+            check_udt_errors();
+      }
+      return bytes_read;
+   } FC_CAPTURE_AND_RETHROW( (max) ) }
+
+   bool     udt_socket::eof()const
+   {
+      // TODO... 
+      return false;
+   }
+   /// @}
+   
+   /// ostream interface
+   /// @{
+   size_t   udt_socket::writesome( const char* buffer, size_t len )
+   {
+      auto bytes_sent = UDT::send(_udt_socket_idl, buffer, len, 0);
+
+      if( UDT::ERROR == bytes_sent )
+         check_udt_errors();
+
+      if( bytes_sent == 0 )
+      {
+         // schedule wait with epoll 
+      }
+      return bytes_sent;
+   }
+
+   void     udt_socket::flush(){}
+
+   void     udt_socket::close()
+   { try {
+      UDT::close( _udt_socket_id );
+      check_udt_errors();
+   } FC_CAPTURE_AND_RETHROW() }
+   /// @}
+   
+   void udt_socket::open()
+   {
+      _udt_socket_id = UDT::socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+   }
+
+   bool udt_socket::is_open()const
+   {
+      return _udt_socket_id != UDT::INVALID_SOCK;
+   }
+     
+
+}