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RFC 8013: Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) Inter-FE Logical Functional Block (LFB)

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This document describes how to extend the Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) Logical Functional Block (LFB) topology across Forwarding Elements (FEs) by defining the inter-FE LFB class. The inter-FE LFB class provides the ability to pass data and metadata across FEs without needing any changes to the ForCES specification. The document focuses on Ethernet transport.

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Document ID
RFC8013
Published
February 2017
Authors
D. Joachimpillai; J. Hadi Salim
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
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Pages
25
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