Protocol Model

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⚠️ This document is incomplete. It was never finalized and contains placeholder text (TBD, ???, “blablabla”). The protocol model is fully described in the code: see src/mmt_core/private_include/packet_processing.h:352 (protocol_struct) and sdk/include/plugin_defs.h (plugin interface).

What is a Protocol

In MMT, a protocol is represented by protocol_t (protocol_struct):

• ID: unique uint32_t proto_id (src/mmt_core/private_include/packet_processing.h:358)
• Name: unique const char * protocol_name (src/mmt_core/private_include/packet_processing.h:359)
• Session support: int has_session (src/mmt_core/private_include/packet_processing.h:356)
• Classification: mmt_classify_next_t classify_next (src/mmt_core/private_include/packet_processing.h:372)
• Data analysis: mmt_analyser_t data_analyser (src/mmt_core/private_include/packet_processing.h:373)
• Attributes: stored in attributes_map and attributes_names_map (src/mmt_core/private_include/packet_processing.h:375-376)

See Add New Protocol for the workflow to register a new protocol.