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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