Forwarding and Control Element Separation (forces)
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 Charter
 Last Modified: 2008-11-17

 Current Status: Active Working Group

 Chair(s):
     Patrick Droz  <dro@zurich.ibm.com>
     Jamal Hadi Salim  <hadi@mojatatu.com>

 Routing Area Director(s):
     Ross Callon  <rcallon@juniper.net>
     Adrian Farrel  <adrian.farrel@huawei.com>

 Routing Area Advisor:
     Ross Callon  <rcallon@juniper.net>

 Mailing Lists: 
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Description of Working Group:

No description available


 Goals and Milestones:

   Done         Submit requirements document to IESG 

   Done         Submit framework document to IESG 

   Done         Submit forwarding element functional model document to IESG 

   Mar 2005       Submit formal definition of controlled objects in functional 
                model 

   Done         Submit protocol selection/definition document to IESG 

   Mar 2009       Submit applicability statement to IESG 


 Internet-Drafts:

Posted Revised         I-D Title   <Filename>
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Jun 2002 Jul 2009   <draft-ietf-forces-applicability-06.txt>
                ForCES Applicability Statement 

Aug 2003 Oct 2008   <draft-ietf-forces-model-16.txt>
                ForCES Forwarding Element Model 

Sep 2004 Mar 2009   <draft-ietf-forces-protocol-22.txt>
                ForCES Protocol Specification 

Jan 2006 Sep 2008   <draft-ietf-forces-mib-10.txt>
                ForCES MIB 

Nov 2007 Aug 2009   <draft-ietf-forces-sctptml-05.txt>
                SCTP based TML (Transport Mapping Layer) for ForCES protocol 

Mar 2009 Sep 2009   <draft-ietf-forces-interoperability-04.txt>
                ForCES Interoperability Draft 

Jun 2009 Jun 2009   <draft-ietf-forces-lfb-lib-00.txt>
                ForCES LFB Library 

Sep 2009 Sep 2009   <draft-ietf-forces-implementation-report-00.txt>
                Implementation Report for ForCES 

 Request For Comments:

  RFC   Stat Published     Title
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RFC3549 I    Jul 2003    Linux Netlink as an IP Services Protocol 

RFC3654 I    Dec 2003    Requirements for Separation of IP Control and Forwarding 

RFC3746 I    Apr 2004    Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) 
                       Framework