FECN

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Forward explicit congestion notification (FCEN) is a Frame Relay message that notifies the receiving device that there is congestion in the network. A FECN bit is sent in the same direction in which the frame was traveling, toward its destination.

Compare with backward explicit congestion notification (BCEN).

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