RFC 6053 · INFORMATIONAL · 2010

Implementation Report for Forwarding and Control Element Separation

Overview

RFC 6053, “Implementation Report for Forwarding and Control Element Separation”, is an Informational document published in November 2010 by E. Haleplidis, K. Ogawa, W. Wang, J. Hadi Salim. It has since been updated by RFC 6984. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) defines an architectural framework and associated protocols to standardize information exchange between the control plane and the forwarding plane in a ForCES network element (ForCES NE). RFC 3654 has defined the ForCES requirements, and RFC 3746 has defined the ForCES framework.

This document is an implementation report for the ForCES Protocol, Model, and the Stream Control Transmission Protocol-based Transport Mapping Layer (SCTP TML) documents, and includes a report on interoperability testing and the current state of ForCES implementations. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

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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