\documentclass{article} \usepackage[pdftex,active,tightpage]{preview} \setlength\PreviewBorder{2mm} \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{shapes.multipart, calc, decorations.pathreplacing} \begin{document} \begin{preview} \begin{tikzpicture}[array/.style={rectangle split,rectangle split horizontal, rectangle split parts=#1,draw, anchor=center, rectangle split part fill={blue!20, green!20, blue!20!green!90}}] \node[array=3] (a) { \nodepart{one}IP-Header \nodepart{two}UDP-Header \nodepart{three}UDP-Daten }; \draw [decoration={brace,raise=2pt},decorate] (a.north west) -- node[above=3pt]{IP-Datagramm}(a.north east); \draw [decoration={brace,mirror,raise=2pt},decorate] ($(a.two) + (-0.13,-0.14)$) -- node[below=3pt]{UDP-Datagramm}(a.south east); \end{tikzpicture} \end{preview} \end{document}