RFC 3654 (rfc3654) - Page 1 of 18
Requirements for Separation of IP Control and Forwarding
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Network Working Group H. Khosravi, Ed.
Request for Comments: 3654 T. Anderson, Ed.
Category: Informational Intel
November 2003
Requirements for Separation of IP Control and Forwarding
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document introduces the Forwarding and Control Element
Separation (ForCES) architecture and defines a set of associated
terminology. This document also defines a set of architectural,
modeling, and protocol requirements to logically separate the control
and data forwarding planes of an IP (IPv4, IPv6, etc.) networking
device.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. Architecture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. Architectural Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. FE Model Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.1. Types of Logical Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.2. Variations of Logical Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.3. Ordering of Logical Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.4. Flexibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.5 Minimal Set of Logical Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6. ForCES Protocol Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7. References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7.1. Normative References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7.2. Informative References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
9. Authors' Addresses & Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
10. Editors' Contact Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
11. Full Copyright Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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