{
  "draft": "draft-ietf-forces-interfelfb-06",
  "doc_id": "RFC8013",
  "title": "Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) Inter-FE Logical Functional Block (LFB)",
  "authors": [
    "D. Joachimpillai",
    "J. Hadi Salim"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "25",
  "pub_status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "source": "IETF - NON WORKING GROUP",
  "abstract": "This document describes how to extend the Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) Logical Functional Block (LFB) topology across Forwarding Elements (FEs) by defining the inter-FE LFB class.  The inter-FE LFB class provides the ability to pass data and metadata across FEs without needing any changes to the ForCES specification.  The document focuses on Ethernet transport.",
  "pub_date": "February 2017",
  "keywords": [
    "ForCES",
    "Inter-FE"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [],
  "updated_by": [],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC8013",
  "errata_url": "https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/rfc8013"
}