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When IP sends a packet, it receives a confirmation for each packet and, if needed, rebroadcast the packet. This makes it reliable. UDP does not get confirmation. It broadcast each packet only once and assumes that it get to you. This makes it less reliable then IP because it does not check for problems or rebroadcast.

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