@techreport{ietf-sfc-control-plane-08, number = {draft-ietf-sfc-control-plane-08}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-sfc-control-plane/08/}, author = {Mohamed Boucadair}, title = {{Service Function Chaining (SFC) Control Plane Components \& Requirements}}, pagetotal = 29, year = 2016, month = oct, day = 23, abstract = {This document describes requirements for conveying information between Service Function Chaining (SFC) control elements and SFC data plane functional elements. Also, this document identifies a set of control interfaces to interact with SFC-aware elements to establish, maintain or recover service function chains. This document does not specify protocols nor extensions to existing protocols. This document exclusively focuses on SFC deployments that are under the responsibility of a single administrative entity. Inter-domain considerations are out of scope.}, }