@techreport{farinacci-multicast-tag-part-00, number = {draft-farinacci-multicast-tag-part-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-farinacci-multicast-tag-part/00/}, author = {Dino Farinacci}, title = {{Partitioning Tag Space among Multicast Routers on a Common Subnet}}, pagetotal = 5, year = 1996, month = dec, day = 16, abstract = {There are 3 major functions that must be performed to achieve multicast tagswitching. 1) Tag Allocation, which requires each multicast Tag Switching Router (TSR) to have a tag value range that it uses. 2) Tag Binding, using the tags allocated, a TSR must assign them to multicast routes. 3) Tag Binding Distribution, after binding tag values to routes, they must be distributed to other TSRs so they all forward on a common and consistent distribution tree. In this document we present how tags are allocated uniquely across multicast capable TSRs on a LAN and point-to-point IP subnets.}, }