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+==========================
+Virtual Traffic Classifier
+==========================
+
+Overview
+========
+
+The virtual Traffic Classifier VNF [1], comprises in the current version of
+1 VNFC [2]. The VNFC contains both the Traffic Inspection module, and the
+Traffic forwarding module, needed to run the VNF. The exploitation of DPI
+methods for traffic classification is built around two basic assumptions:
+
+(i) third parties unaffiliated with either source or recipient are able to
+inspect each IP packet’s payload and
+(ii) the classifier knows the relevant syntax of each application’s packet
+payloads (protocol signatures, data patterns, etc.).
+
+The proposed DPI based approach will only use an indicative, small number of
+the initial packets from each flow in order to identify the content and not
+inspect each packet.
+
+In this respect it follows the Packet Based per Flow State (PBFS).
+This method uses a table to track each session based on the 5-tuples
+(src address,dest address,src port,dest port,transport protocol)
+that is maintained for each flow.
+
+Concepts
+========
+
+Traffic Inspection: The process of packet analysis and application
+identification of network traffic that passes through the vTC.
+
+Traffic Forwarding: The process of packet forwarding from an incoming
+network interface to a pre-defined outgoing network interface.
+
+Traffic Rule Application: The process of packet tagging, based on a
+predefined set of rules. Packet tagging may include e.g. ToS field
+modification.
+
+Architecture
+============
+
+The Traffic Inspection module is the most computationally intensive component
+of the VNF. It implements filtering and packet matching algorithms in order to
+support the enhanced traffic forwarding capability of the VNF. The component
+supports a flow table (exploiting hashing algorithms for fast indexing of
+flows) and an inspection engine for traffic classification.
+
+The implementation used for these experiments exploits the nDPI library.
+The packet capturing mechanism is implemented using libpcap. When the DPI
+engine identifies a new flow, the flow register is updated with the
+appropriate information and transmitted across the Traffic Forwarding module,
+which then applies any required policy updates.
+
+The Traffic Forwarding moudle is responsible for routing and packet forwarding.
+It accepts incoming network traffic, consults the flow table for classification
+information for each incoming flow and then applies pre-defined policies
+marking e.g. type of Service/Differentiated Services Code Point (TOS/DSCP)
+multimedia traffic for QoS enablement on the forwarded traffic.
+It is assumed that the traffic is forwarded using the default policy until it
+is identified and new policies are enforced.
+
+The expected response delay is considered to be negligible,as only a small
+number of packets are required to identify each flow.
+
+Graphical Overview
+==================
+
+Install
+=======
+
+run the build.sh with root privileges
+
+Run
+===
+
+sudo ./pfbridge -a eth1 -b eth2
+
+Custom Image
+============
+
+TBD
+
+Development Environment
+=======================
+
+Ubuntu 14.04 >= VM
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+Abbreviations for the virtual Traffic Classifier
+================================================
+
+[1] VNF - Virtual Network Function
+[2] VNFC - Virtual Network Function Component