RFC 7409 · EXPERIMENTAL · 2014
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Forwarding and Control Element Separation Packet Parallelization
Overview
RFC 7409, “Forwarding and Control Element Separation Packet Parallelization”, is an Experimental document published in November 2014 by E. Haleplidis, J. Halpern. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
Many network devices support parallel packet processing. This document describes how Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) can model a network device's parallelization datapath using constructs defined by the ForCES model (RFC 5812) and controlled via the ForCES protocol (RFC 5810).
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Describes a specification that is part of a research or development effort, published so the community can gain experience with it.
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