+--------------+ +-------------+ | | Monitoring/ | | | Analytics | | | system(s) |-+ +-------------+ ^ | Processed/interpreted/ | aggregated IOAM data | +--------------+ +-------------+ | | IOAM data | | | processing | | | system(s) |-+ +-------------+ ^ | Raw export of | IOAM data | +--------------+-------+------+--------------+ | | | | | | | | User +---+----+ +---+----+ +---+----+ +---+----+ packets |Encapsu-| | Transit| | Transit| |Decapsu-| -------->|lating |====>| Node |====>| Node |====>|lating |--> |Node | | A | | B | |Node | +--------+ +--------+ +--------+ +--------+