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Summary.

The way packet dispatching is done is by defining an interface called FlowDispatcher. Implementations of this interface are expected to finish quickly. Each node in the dispatch tree implements this interface in a way that is specific to the dispatch process at that level. Dispatched packets are buffered in a queue when dispatched to a flow handle that is directly associated with the receiver, i.e., the unit of resource consumption.



Jay Lepreau
Tue Jun 2 05:48:49 MDT 1998