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Reading and proecessing data-link layer messages

The reverse way message processing ie. packet delivery from the data-link layer to the upper-layer protocols is implemented using call-back functions and message dispatching.

The following figure shows how this is actually performed .

Figure 2.3: VIF incoming message processing
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Last changed 2004-08-25.
Zrelli Saber. , Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Shinoda-lab
zrelli@jasit.ac.jp