Technical Summary
This document specifies the Forwarding and Control Element Separation
(ForCES) protocol. ForCES protocol is used for communications
between Control Elements(CEs) and Forwarding Elements (FEs) in a
ForCES Network Element (ForCES NE). This specification is intended
to meet the ForCES protocol requirements defined in RFC3654. Besides
the ForCES protocol, this specification also defines the requirements
for the Transport Mapping Layer (TML).
Working Group Summary
No dissent reported. This document is the result of a merger of
several proposals from competing design teams and represents a
good WG consensus.
Protocol Quality
There are at least four different implementations of this protocol
(see the PROTO writeup in the tracker). This specification has been
extensively reviewed, and has been updated based on these reviews
including routing directorate reviews by Sue Hares and Alia Atlas,
Gen-Art review by Eric Gray, Sec-Dir review by Uri Blumenthal, and
IESG review.
IANA Note
Jamal Hadi Salim [hadi@znyx.com] has volunteered to be the designated
IANA expert for this document.