diff --git a/core-writer/include/UdpReceiver.hpp b/core-writer/include/UdpReceiver.hpp
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+#ifndef UDPRECEIVER_H
+#define UDPRECEIVER_H
+
+#include "config.hpp"
+#include "RingBuffer.hpp"
+
+class UdpReceiver {
+
+    int socket_fd_ = -1;
+
+public:
+    UdpReceiver();
+    virtual ~UdpReceiver();
+
+    bool receive(void* buffer, size_t buffer_n_bytes);
+    void bind(
+            const uint16_t port,
+            const size_t usec_timeout=config::udp_usec_timeout);
+    void close();
+};
+
+
+#endif //LIB_CPP_H5_WRITER_UDPRECEIVER_H
diff --git a/core-writer/src/receiver/UdpReceiver.cpp b/core-writer/src/receiver/UdpReceiver.cpp
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+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <iostream>
+#include "UdpReceiver.hpp"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+void UdpReceiver::bind(const uint16_t port, const size_t usec_timeout)
+{
+    if (socket_fd_ > -1) {
+        throw runtime_error("Socket already bound.");
+    }
+
+    socket_fd_ = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+    if (socket_fd_ < 0) {
+        throw runtime_error("Cannot open socket.");
+    }
+
+    sockaddr_in server_address = {0};
+    server_address.sin_family = AF_INET;
+    server_address.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
+    server_address.sin_port = htons(port);
+
+    auto bind_result = ::bind(
+            socket_fd_,
+            reinterpret_cast<const sockaddr *>(&server_address),
+            sizeof(server_address));
+
+    if (bind_result < 0) {
+        throw runtime_error("Cannot bind socket.");
+    }
+
+    struct timeval udp_socket_timeout;
+    udp_socket_timeout.tv_sec = 0;
+    udp_socket_timeout.tv_usec = usec_timeout;
+
+    setsockopt(
+            socket_fd_,
+            SOL_SOCKET,
+            SO_RCVTIMEO,
+            (const char*)&udp_socket_timeout,
+            sizeof(struct timeval));
+}
+
+bool UdpReceiver::receive(void* buffer, size_t buffer_n_bytes)
+{
+    auto data_len = recv(socket_fd_, buffer, buffer_n_bytes, 0);
+
+    if (data_len < 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (data_len != buffer_n_bytes) {
+        cout << "Invalid packet length " << data_len << endl;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
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