Flow-based Packet Processing Framework on DPDK and VPP

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Framework builds on DPDK and VPP and claims per‑flow state, ordered packets and feature sharing by assigning a persistent flow ID used across NIC offload and software path with RSS and RTD flow tables as fallback. Hardware flow offload accelerates classification, software mapping handles overflow, and TCP tracking watches 3‑way handshakes and sequence numbers. Supports bridge‑domain and VRF aware processing, policy routing and tunnel offload, maps one flow to many NICs, and reports up to 10,000 streams handled concurrently in hyper‑scan mode.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:21Traditional packet processing challenges
3. 3:23Flow-based solution advantages
4. 5:00Layer 7 flow identification
5. 8:05Flow configuration mechanisms
6. 10:03Software flow handling with RSS
7. 12:36Framework integration with DPI
8. 13:47TCP connection tracking
9. 15:28Header scanner rules orchestration
10. 22:31Performance and offloading summary
11. 24:48Testing with open source tools
12. 26:11Dynamic flow fallback
13. 29:17Q&A

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