[forces] RFC 5812 on Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) Forwarding Element Model

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        RFC 5812

        Title:      Forwarding and Control Element Separation 
                    (ForCES) Forwarding Element Model 
        Author:     J. Halpern, J. Hadi Salim
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       March 2010
        Mailbox:    jmh@joelhalpern.com, 
                    hadi@mojatatu.com
        Pages:      134
        Characters: 301491
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-forces-model-16.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5812.txt

This document defines the forwarding element (FE) model used in the
Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) protocol.  The
model represents the capabilities, state, and configuration of
forwarding elements within the context of the ForCES protocol, so
that control elements (CEs) can control the FEs accordingly.  More
specifically, the model describes the logical functions that are
present in an FE, what capabilities these functions support, and how
these functions are or can be interconnected.  This FE model is
intended to satisfy the model requirements specified in RFC 3654. 
[STANDARDS TRACK]

This document is a product of the Forwarding and Control Element Separation Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

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