On 7/29/10 4:24 AM, Yong Lucy wrote: > > > > >>>> > >>>> RFC 3697 defines it as: > >>>> > >>>> A flow is a sequence of packets sent from a particular source to a > >>>> particular unicast, anycast, or multicast destination that the source > >>>> desires to label as a flow. A flow could consist of all packets in a > >>>> specific transport connection or a media stream. However, a flow is > >>>> not necessarily 1:1 mapped to a transport connection. > >>>> > > > > [LY] "a particular source" can be host or network device, is that right?
My interpretation is that the "particular source" is the source of the data packet. That is, the IPv6 node identified by the source address of the packet. Regards, Brian -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
