3.3.1 KeepAlive Client Abstract Data Model

This section specifies a conceptual model of possible data organization that an implementation maintains to participate in the KeepAlive encapsulation protocol. The specified organization is provided to facilitate the explanation of how the protocol behaves. This document does not mandate that implementations adhere to this model as long as their external behavior is consistent with that specified in this document. See the following figure for a detailed view of the KeepAlive client session state machine.

Figure 15: Client KeepAlive session state diagram

For a detailed view of the KeepAlive client connection state machine, see the following diagram.

Figure 16: Client KeepAlive connection state diagram