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RFC 8459: Hierarchical Service Function Chaining (hSFC)

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Hierarchical Service Function Chaining (hSFC) is a network architecture allowing an organization to decompose a large-scale network into multiple domains of administration. The goals of hSFC are to make a large-scale network easier to design, simpler to control, and supportive of independent functional groups within large network operators.

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Document ID
RFC8459
Published
September 2018
Authors
D. Dolson; S. Homma; D. Lopez; M. Boucadair
Status
EXPERIMENTAL
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
29
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