(Internet Transit Provider)

               +-----------+      +--------------+ SNMP or YANG/NETCONF
        IPFIX +-----------+| DOTS |              |<---
          --->| Flow      ||C<-->S| Orchestrator | BGP Flowspec
              | collector |+      |              |--->   (Redirect)
              +-----------+       +--------------+

                         +-------------+
                  IPFIX +-------------+| BGP Flowspec (Redirect)
                    <---| Forwarding  ||<---
                        |    nodes    ||
                        |             ||           DDoS Attack
[ Target(s) ]<==========================================
                        |    ++=========================[top talker]
                        |    || ++======================[top talker]
                        +----|| ||----+
                             || ||
                             || ||
                             |/ |/
                        +----x--x----+
                        | DDoS       | SNMP or YANG/NETCONF
                        | mitigation |<---
                        | system     |
                        +------------+

    C: DOTS client functionality
    S: DOTS server functionality