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Framework for Abstraction and Control of TE Networks (ACTN)
RFC 8453

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2026-05-20
(System) Changed metadata: changed keywords to '['SDN', 'Orchestration']' from '[]'
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2026-05-20
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Changed author "Y. Lee": changed name from "Young Lee" to "Y. Lee", changed is_editor from "False" to "True", cleared country (was "Plano, TX 75023, USA"), …
Changed author "Y. Lee": changed name from "Young Lee" to "Y. Lee", changed is_editor from "False" to "True", cleared country (was "Plano, TX 75023, USA"), changed order from "1" to "2"
2026-05-20
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Changed author "D. Ceccarelli": changed name from "Daniele Ceccarelli" to "D. Ceccarelli", changed is_editor from "False" to "True", cleared country (was "Stockholm, Sweden"), changed order …
Changed author "D. Ceccarelli": changed name from "Daniele Ceccarelli" to "D. Ceccarelli", changed is_editor from "False" to "True", cleared country (was "Stockholm, Sweden"), changed order from "0" to "1"
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2018-12-19
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Received changes through RFC Editor sync (changed abstract to 'Traffic Engineered (TE) networks have a variety of mechanisms to facilitate the separation of the data …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (changed abstract to 'Traffic Engineered (TE) networks have a variety of mechanisms to facilitate the separation of the data plane and control plane. They also have a range of management and provisioning protocols to configure and activate network resources. These mechanisms represent key technologies for enabling flexible and dynamic networking. The term "Traffic Engineered network" refers to a network that uses any connection-oriented technology under the control of a distributed or centralized control plane to support dynamic provisioning of end-to- end connectivity.

Abstraction of network resources is a technique that can be applied to a single network domain or across multiple domains to create a single virtualized network that is under the control of a network operator or the customer of the operator that actually owns the network resources.

This document provides a framework for Abstraction and Control of TE Networks (ACTN) to support virtual network services and connectivity services.')
2018-08-23
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Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8453, changed title to 'Framework for Abstraction and Control of TE Networks (ACTN)', changed abstract …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8453, changed title to 'Framework for Abstraction and Control of TE Networks (ACTN)', changed abstract to 'Traffic Engineered (TE) networks have a variety of mechanisms to facilitate the separation of the data plane and control plane. They also have a range of management and provisioning protocols to configure and activate network resources. These mechanisms represent key technologies for enabling flexible and dynamic networking. The term "Traffic Engineered network" refers to a network that uses any connection-oriented technology under the control of a distributed or centralized control plane to support dynamic provisioning of end-to- end connectivity.', changed pages to 42, changed standardization level to Informational, changed state to RFC, added RFC published event at 2018-08-23, changed IESG state to RFC Published)
2018-08-23
(System) RFC published