+-----------+
                             +-----------+|
                        DOTS | Flow      ||
                        --->S| collector ||
                             +-----------++

                              +------------+
                             +------------+|
                             | Forwarding ||
                             |    nodes   ||             Traffic
[ Destination ] <== =============++==============================
                             |   ||       ||
                             |   ||       |+
                             +---||-------+
                                 ||
                                 |/
                       DOTS  +---X--------+
                        --->C| DDoS       |
                             | mitigation |
                             | system     |
                             +------------+

    C: DOTS client functionality
    S: DOTS server functionality