+--------------+
                             +-------------+ |
                             | 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    |
         +--------+     +--------+     +--------+     +--------+