<s>
A	O
forwarding	B-General_Concept
equivalence	I-General_Concept
class	I-General_Concept
(	O
FEC	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
term	O
used	O
in	O
Multiprotocol	B-Protocol
Label	I-Protocol
Switching	I-Protocol
(	O
MPLS	B-Protocol
)	O
to	O
describe	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
packets	O
with	O
similar	O
or	O
identical	O
characteristics	O
which	O
may	O
be	O
forwarded	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
;	O
that	O
is	O
,	O
they	O
may	O
be	O
bound	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
MPLS	B-Protocol
label	O
.	O
</s>
