This paper proposes the design and implementation of the Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) Protocol. Specifically, Logical Point (FP) of the ForCES Architecture, which is strictly the communication between the Control Element (CE) and the Forwarding Element (FE). It is a flexible and reprogrammable architecture that is established within the specifications issued and defined by the ForCES working group and consists of elaboration of a protocol that carries information between both elements. In order to verify the correct functioning of the implemented ForCES protocol, it is we provide a network testbed scenario, which consists of an application client-server. Each device is equipped with the application which based on Java language, that allows the researcher to be able to ISSN 1943-3581 2017 www.macrothink.org/npa 2 compare the typical functionality of a conventional router with a router based on architecture ForCES. It allows taking advantage of the benefits of this architecture to reprogram different and new functionalities. Network Protocols and Algorithms

This paper presents the designed an implementation of a prototype with the Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES) Architecture. That is to say, which allows each of the elements to be improved separately and then interconnected through the ForCES protocol, even in remote locations. The Control Element (CE) is the logical entity that is part of the control plane and is responsible for managing Forwarding Elements (FE) of the data plane. The ForCES architecture allows you to see these two elements (the CE and the FE through the ForCES protocol) as a single Network Element (NE), even if they are located in remote sites each. To demonstrate this principle, a network testbed scenario was implemented, based on two Local Area Networks (LAN). The LAN 1, for the CEs and the LAN 2 for the FEs, once communicated through the ForCES protocol, the different LFBs configurations of the ARP, SNMP, RIP protocols were used to demonstrate their operation.