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# Traffic
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The BNG Blaster is able to emulate bidirectional unicast
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session traffic for all addresses assigned to a session
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(IPv4, IPv6 and IPv6PD).
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There is also support to generate IPv4 multicast traffic.
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## Blaster Header and Fast Decode Signature
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The 48 Byte fixed size BNG Blaster Header is added to all data packets
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for traffic validation and fast decoding. The header is expected on the
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last 48 bytes of the packet.
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The type is set to 1 for all unicast session traffic and 2 for
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IPv4 multicast traffic.
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### Unicast Session Traffic
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The 64 bit session key is used for all traffic from access (upstream)
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and to access (downstream) interfaces to identify the corresponding
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session which has send or should receive the packet.
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```
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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| BNG Blaster Magic Sequence |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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| Type | Sub-Type | Direction | TX TOS |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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| Session Identifier |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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| Session Access Interface Index |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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| Session Outer VLAN | Session Inner VLAN |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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| Flow Identifier |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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| Flow Sequence Number |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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| Nanosecond Send Timestamp |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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```
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### Multicast Traffic
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```
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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| BNG Blaster Magic Sequence |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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| Type | Sub-Type | Direction | TX TOS |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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| Reserved |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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| Source |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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| Group |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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| Flow Identifier |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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| Flow Sequence Number |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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| Nanosecond Send Timestamp |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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```
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NOTE: All attributes except IP addresses in the Blaster Header are
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stored in host byte order for faster processing
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(LE or BE depending on test system).
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### BNG Blaster Magic Sequence
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The 64 bit magic sequence is the word `RtBrick!` decoded as ASCII:
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```
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0x5274427269636b21
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```
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The magic number allows to check for it on a given offset and process
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only blaster header instead of decoding the whole packet for faster
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packet processing.
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### Flow Identifier
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The 64 bit flow identifier is a global unique number which identifies
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the flow.
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### Flow Sequence Number
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The 64 bit flow sequence number is sequential number starting with 1
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and incremented per packet primary used to identity packet loss.
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This number 0 means that sequencing is disabled.
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### Nanosecond Send Timestamps
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The 64 bit nanoseconds send timestamp is used for optional latency and
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jitter calculations.
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```
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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| Seconds |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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| Nano Seconds |
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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```
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The timestamp 0 means that timestamps are disabled.
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