RFC 3654 · INFORMATIONAL · 2003
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Requirements for Separation of IP Control and Forwarding
Overview
RFC 3654, “Requirements for Separation of IP Control and Forwarding”, is an Informational document published in December 2003 by H. Khosravi, T. Anderson. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document introduces the Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) architecture and defines a set of associated terminology. This document also defines a set of architectural, modeling, and protocol requirements to logically separate the control and data forwarding planes of an IP (IPv4, IPv6, etc.) networking device.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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