package org.opennaas.extensions.network.model.topology; /** * A Broadcast Segment is a direct (not concatenated) connection between multiple Interfaces. A Link can only connect two Interface, while a Broadcast * Segment connects multiple interfaces. * * A Broadcast Segment can be unidirectional, bidirectional, point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, or multipoint-to-multipoint. Data coming from a * connected interface (Interface linkTo Broadcast Segment) will be forwarded to all other Interfaces (Broadcast Segment linkTo Interfaces). Thus the * received data will be forwarded to all Interfaces, with the exception of the Interface were the data originated. * * @author isart * */ public class BroadcastSegment extends NetworkConnection { }