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<section id="traffic-streams">
<span id="streams"></span><h1>Traffic Streams<a class="headerlink" href="#traffic-streams" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
<p>Traffic streams allow doing various forwarding verification
and QoS tests using BNG Blaster.</p>
<img alt="Interactive Streams" src="_images/bbl_streams.png" />
<p>Traffic streams are divided into bounded and RAW streams.
The first one is bound to an access configuration and derives
addresses dynamically from the sessions.</p>
<p>RAW streams are supported from <a class="reference internal" href="interfaces.html#network-interface"><span class="std std-ref">network interfaces</span></a> only.</p>
<section id="configuration">
<h2>Configuration<a class="headerlink" href="#configuration" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Following a simple PPPoE example with streams.</p>
<div class="highlight-json notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;interfaces&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;network&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;interface&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;eth2&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;address&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;10.0.0.1/24&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;gateway&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;10.0.0.2&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;address-ipv6&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;fc66:1337:7331::1/64&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;gateway-ipv6&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;fc66:1337:7331::2&quot;</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;access&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;interface&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;eth1&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;outer-vlan-min&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1001</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;outer-vlan-max&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2000</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;inner-vlan-min&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">7</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;inner-vlan-max&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">7</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;type&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;pppoe&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;stream-group-id&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;interface&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;eth1&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;outer-vlan-min&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2001</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;outer-vlan-max&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">4000</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;inner-vlan&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">7</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;type&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;pppoe&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;stream-group-id&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;streams&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;name&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;BestEffort&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;stream-group-id&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;type&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;ipv4&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;direction&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;both&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;pps&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1000</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;name&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;Voice&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;stream-group-id&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;type&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;ipv4&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;direction&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;downstream&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;priority&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">128</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;vlan-priority&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;network-ipv4-address&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;10.0.0.10&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;pps&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">100</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;name&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;BestEffort&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;stream-group-id&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;type&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;ipv4&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;direction&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;both&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;pps&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
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<div class="highlight-json notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;streams&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
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<col style="width: 50%" />
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<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head"><p>Attribute</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Description</p></th>
<th class="head"><p>Default</p></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><cite>name</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Mandatory stream name</p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><cite>stream-group-id</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Stream group identifier</p></td>
<td><p>0 (raw)</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><cite>type</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Mandatory stream type (<cite>ipv4</cite>, <cite>ipv6</cite> or <cite>ipv6pd</cite>)</p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><cite>direction</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Mandatory stream direction (<cite>upstream</cite>, <cite>downstream</cite> or <cite>both</cite>)</p></td>
<td><p><cite>both</cite></p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><cite>source-port</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Overwrite the default source port</p></td>
<td><p>65056</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><cite>destination-port</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Overwrite the default destination port</p></td>
<td><p>65056</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><cite>ipv4-df</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Set IPv4 DF bit</p></td>
<td><p>true</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><cite>priority</cite></p></td>
<td><p>IPv4 TOS / IPv6 TC</p></td>
<td><p>0</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><cite>vlan-priority</cite></p></td>
<td><p>VLAN priority</p></td>
<td><p>0</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><cite>length</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Layer 3 (IP header + payload) traffic length (76 - 9000)</p></td>
<td><p>128</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><cite>pps</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Stream traffic rate in packets per second</p></td>
<td><p>1</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><cite>bps</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Stream traffic rate in bits per second (layer 3)</p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><cite>a10nsp-interface</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Select the corresponding A10NSP interface for this stream</p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><cite>network-interface</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Select the corresponding network interface for this stream</p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><cite>network-ipv4-address</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Overwrite network interface IPv4 address</p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><cite>network-ipv6-address</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Overwrite network interface IPv6 address</p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><cite>destination-ipv4-address</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Overwrite the IPv4 destination address</p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><cite>destination-ipv6-address</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Overwrite the IPv6 destination address</p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><cite>access-ipv4-source-address</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Overwrite the access IPv4 source address (client)</p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><cite>access-ipv6-source-address</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Overwrite the access IPv6 source address (client)</p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><cite>max-packets</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Send a burst of N packets and stop</p></td>
<td><p>0 (infinity)</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><cite>start-delay</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Wait N seconds after the session is established before starting</p></td>
<td><p>0</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><cite>tx-label1</cite></p></td>
<td><p>MPLS send (TX) label (outer label)</p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><cite>tx-label1-exp</cite></p></td>
<td><p>EXP bits of the first label (outer label)</p></td>
<td><p>0</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><cite>tx-label1-ttl</cite></p></td>
<td><p>TTL of the first label (outer label)</p></td>
<td><p>255</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><cite>tx-label2</cite></p></td>
<td><p>MPLS send (TX) label (inner label)</p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><cite>tx-label2-exp</cite></p></td>
<td><p>EXP bits of the second label (inner label)</p></td>
<td><p>0</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><cite>tx-label2-ttl</cite></p></td>
<td><p>TTL of the second label (inner label)</p></td>
<td><p>255</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><cite>rx-label1</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Expected receive MPLS label (outer label)</p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><cite>rx-label2</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Expected receive MPLS label (inner label)</p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><p><cite>ldp-ipv4-lookup-address</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Dynamically resolve outer label</p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><p><cite>ldp-ipv6-lookup-address</cite></p></td>
<td><p>Dynamically resolve outer label</p></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>For L2TP downstream traffic, the IPv4 TOS is applied to the outer IPv4
and inner IPv4 header.</p>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pps</span></code> option supports also float numbers like 0.1, or 2.5 PPS and has
priority over <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bps</span></code> where the second is only a helper to calculate the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pps</span></code>
based on given <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bps</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">length</span></code>. The resulting rate in <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bps</span></code> is the
layer 3 rate because <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">length</span></code> is also the layer 3 length (IP header + payload).
It is also supported to put the capital letters <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">K</span></code> (Kilo), <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">M</span></code> (Mega)
or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">G</span></code> (Giga) in front of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bps</span></code> for better readability.
For example <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;Gbps&quot;:</span> <span class="pre">1</span></code> which is equal to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&quot;bps&quot;:</span> <span class="pre">1000000000</span></code>.</p>
<p>The options <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">access-ipv4-source-address</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">access-ipv6-source-address</span></code>
can be used to test the BNG RPF functionality with traffic sent from source addresses
different than those assigned to the client.</p>
</section>
<section id="stream-configuration-file">
<h2>Stream Configuration File<a class="headerlink" href="#stream-configuration-file" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>The command line argument <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-T</span> <span class="pre">&lt;filename&gt;</span></code> allows the include
of streams defined in a separate file. The format is equal to
streams defined in the actual configuration file. Such stream
configuration files could be generated by scripts and
easily merged with the base configuration.</p>
<div class="highlight-json notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;streams&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[]</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="stream-commands">
<h2>Stream Commands<a class="headerlink" href="#stream-commands" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session-streams</span></code> command returns detailed stream statistics per session.</p>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">$</span> <span class="pre">sudo</span> <span class="pre">bngblaster-cli</span> <span class="pre">run.sock</span> <span class="pre">session-streams</span> <span class="pre">session-id</span> <span class="pre">1</span></code></p>
<div class="highlight-json notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;status&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;ok&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;code&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">200</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;session-streams&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;session-id&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-packets&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">59670</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-packets&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">54610</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-accounting-packets&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">59655</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-accounting-packets&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">54594</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-pps&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1100</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-pps&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1000</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-bps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">9028800</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-bps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">8240000</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-mbps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">9.0288</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-mbps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">8.24</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;streams&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;name&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;BestEffort&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;direction&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;upstream&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;flow-id&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-first-seq&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">362</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-last-seq&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">54593</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-tos-tc&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-outer-vlan-pbit&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-inner-vlan-pbit&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-len&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1014</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-len&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1030</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-packets&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">54232</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-packets&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">54594</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-loss&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-delay-us-min&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">37</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-delay-us-max&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">98595</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-pps&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1000</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-pps&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1000</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-bps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">8240000</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-bps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">8112000</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-bps-l3&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">8000000</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-mbps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">8.24</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-mbps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">8.112</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-mbps-l3&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">8.0</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;name&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;BestEffort&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;direction&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;downstream&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;flow-id&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-first-seq&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">362</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-last-seq&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">54593</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-tos-tc&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-outer-vlan-pbit&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-inner-vlan-pbit&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-len&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1026</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-len&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1014</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-packets&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">54232</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-packets&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">54594</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-loss&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-delay-us-min&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">43</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-delay-us-max&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">98903</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-pps&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1000</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-pps&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1000</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-bps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">8112000</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-bps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">8208000</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-bps-l3&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">8000000</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-mbps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">8.112</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-mbps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">8.208</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-mbps-l3&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">8.0</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">},</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;name&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;Voice&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;direction&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;downstream&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;flow-id&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-first-seq&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">37</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-last-seq&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">5458</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-tos-tc&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">128</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-outer-vlan-pbit&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-inner-vlan-pbit&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-len&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1026</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-len&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1014</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-packets&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">5422</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-packets&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">5458</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-loss&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-delay-us-min&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">41</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-delay-us-max&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">96548</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-pps&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">100</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-pps&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">100</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-bps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">811200</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-bps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">820800</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-bps-l3&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">800000</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-mbps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">0.8112</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-mbps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">0.8208</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-mbps-l3&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">0.8</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rx-outer-vlan-pbit</span></code> might be wrong depending on the network interface driver and
optional VLAN offloading.</p>
<p>The measured <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rx-delay-us-min/max</span></code> shows the minimum and maximum calculated delay
in microseconds. The delay is calculated by subtracting the send and receive timestamp.
The send timestamp is stored in the BBL header (see section Traffic). This calculated
result depends also on the actual test environment, configured rx-interval and host IO
delay.</p>
<p>Traffic streams will start as soon as the session is established using the rate as configured
starting with sequence number 1 for each flow. The attribute <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rx-first-seq</span></code> stores the first
sequence number received. Assuming the first sequence number received for a given flow is 1000
combined with a rate of 1000 PPS would mean that it took around 1 second until forwarding is
working. After the first packet is received for a given flow, for every further packet it checks
if there is a gap between the last and new sequence number which is then reported as a loss.</p>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rx/tx-accounting-packets</span></code> are all packets that should be counted in the session volume
accounting of the BNG, meaning session RX/TX packets excluding control traffic.</p>
<p>Each flow can be queried separately using jsonpath expression with name and direction or flow-id.</p>
<div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$ sudo bngblaster-cli run.sock session-streams session-id 1 | jq &#39;.&quot;session-streams&quot;.streams[] | select(.name == &quot;BE&quot; and .direction == &quot;downstream&quot; )&#39;
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="highlight-json notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;name&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;BE&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;direction&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;downstream&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;flow-id&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-first-seq&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">33</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-last-seq&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">27040</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-tos-tc&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">213</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-outer-vlan-pbit&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-inner-vlan-pbit&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-len&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">126</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-len&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">114</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-packets&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">27008</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-packets&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">27040</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-loss&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-delay-us-min&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">50</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-delay-us-max&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">10561</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-pps&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">99</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-pps&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">99</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-bps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">90288</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-bps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">99792</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-bps-l3&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">79200</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;tx-mbps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">0.090288</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-mbps-l2&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">0.099792</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;rx-mbps-l3&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">0.0792</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
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</div>
</section>
<section id="raw-streams">
<h2>RAW Streams<a class="headerlink" href="#raw-streams" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Streams with default <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stream-group-id</span></code> set to zero are considered raw streams not
bound to any session which is supported downstream only. For those streams, the
destination address must be explicitly set.</p>
<p>RAW streams can be used for traffic between two or network interfaces but also to send traffic
from network to access interfaces.</p>
<div class="highlight-json notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;streams&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;name&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;RAW&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;type&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;ipv4&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;direction&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;downstream&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;priority&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">128</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;network-ipv4-address&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;10.0.0.20&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;destination-ipv4-address&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;1.1.1.1&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;length&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">256</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">&quot;pps&quot;</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">}</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>If <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">destination-ipv4-address</span></code> is set to a multicast IP address (224.0.0.0 - 239.255.255.255),
the BNG Blaster will set the destination MAC address to the corresponding
multicast MAC address automatically. For unicast traffic the network gateway MAC address is used.</p>
</section>
<section id="start-stop-session-stream-traffic">
<h2>Start/Stop Session Stream Traffic<a class="headerlink" href="#start-stop-session-stream-traffic" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p>Session stream traffic can be started/stopped dynamically
using the commands <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stream-traffic-enabled</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stream-traffic-disabled</span></code>.</p>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">$</span> <span class="pre">sudo</span> <span class="pre">bngblaster-cli</span> <span class="pre">run.sock</span> <span class="pre">stream-traffic-disabled</span> <span class="pre">session-id</span> <span class="pre">1</span></code></p>
<p>Those commands start/stop the traffic for all sessions if invoked without
session identifier.</p>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">$</span> <span class="pre">sudo</span> <span class="pre">bngblaster-cli</span> <span class="pre">run.sock</span> <span class="pre">stream-traffic-disabled</span></code></p>
<p>Alternatively, all the session and stream traffic (including RAW streams)
can be started or stopped globally using the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">traffic-start</span></code> and
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">traffic-stop</span></code> commands.</p>
</section>
<section id="bng-blaster-traffic">
<span id="bbl-header"></span><h2>BNG Blaster Traffic<a class="headerlink" href="#bng-blaster-traffic" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
<p><em>Blaster Header and Fast Decode Signature</em></p>
<p>The 48 Byte fixed size BNG Blaster Header is added to all data packets
for traffic validation and fast decoding. The header is expected on the
last 48 bytes of the packet.</p>
<p>The type is set to 1 for all unicast session traffic and 2 for
IPv4 multicast traffic.</p>
<section id="unicast-session-traffic">
<h3>Unicast Session Traffic<a class="headerlink" href="#unicast-session-traffic" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>The 64-bit session key is used for all traffic from access (upstream)
and to access (downstream) interfaces to identify the corresponding
session which has sent or should receive the packet.</p>
<div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| BNG Blaster Magic Sequence |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Sub-Type | Direction | TX TOS |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Session Identifier |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Session Access Interface Index |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Session Outer VLAN | Session Inner VLAN |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Flow Identifier |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Flow Sequence Number |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Nanosecond Send Timestamp |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
</pre></div>
</div>
<img alt="BNG Blaster Header" src="_images/bbl_header.png" />
</section>
<section id="multicast-traffic">
<h3>Multicast Traffic<a class="headerlink" href="#multicast-traffic" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| BNG Blaster Magic Sequence |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Sub-Type | Direction | TX TOS |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Source |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Group |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Flow Identifier |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Flow Sequence Number |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Nanosecond Send Timestamp |
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>All attributes except IP addresses in the Blaster Header are
stored in host byte order for faster processing
(LE or BE depending on the test system).</p>
</div>
</section>
<section id="bng-blaster-magic-sequence">
<h3>BNG Blaster Magic Sequence<a class="headerlink" href="#bng-blaster-magic-sequence" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>The 64-bit magic sequence is the word <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RtBrick!</span></code> decoded as ASCII:</p>
<div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>0x5274427269636b21
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Storing the magic number on a fixed offset allows fast identification
of blaster traffic.</p>
</section>
<section id="flow-identifier">
<h3>Flow Identifier<a class="headerlink" href="#flow-identifier" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>The 64-bit flow identifier is a globally unique number that identifies
the flow.</p>
</section>
<section id="flow-sequence-number">
<h3>Flow Sequence Number<a class="headerlink" href="#flow-sequence-number" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>The 64-bit flow sequence number is a sequential number starting with 1
and incremented per packet primary used to identify packet loss.</p>
<p>This number 0 means that sequencing is disabled.</p>
</section>
<section id="nanosecond-send-timestamps">
<h3>Nanosecond Send Timestamps<a class="headerlink" href="#nanosecond-send-timestamps" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h3>
<p>The 64-bit nanoseconds send timestamp is used for optional latency and
jitter calculations.</p>
<div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Seconds |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Nano Seconds |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>The timestamp 0 means that timestamps are disabled.</p>
</section>
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