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Forwarding equivalence class

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A Forward Equivalence Class or FEC is a set of packets that can be handled (i.e., forwarded) in the same manner and thus is suitable for binding to a single MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) label. The set of packets destined for one address prefix is one example of an FEC.

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