Technical Summary
RFCs 6513, 6514, and other RFCs describe procedures by which a
Service Provider may offer Multicast VPN service to its customers.
These procedures create point-to-multipoint (P2MP) or multipoint-to-
multipoint trees across the Service Provider's backbone. One type of
P2MP tree that may be used is known as an "Ingress Replication (IR)
tunnel". While the prior MVPN specifications allow the use of IR
tunnels, those specifications are not always very clear or explicit about
how the MVPN protocol elements and procedures are applied to IR
tunnels. This document updates RFCs 6513 and 6514 by adding
details that are specific to the use of IR tunnels.
Working Group Summary
There was consensus in the WG that a clarification document was
needed to completement RFC6513/RFC6514.
Document Quality
This document started from implementation experience realated
to IR in MVPN -- the clarifications in the document come from there.
The document can be technically detailed and maybe even confusing
to the uninitiated, but it has gone through multiple reviews and
discussion in the bess WG by experts.
Personnel
Document Shepherd = Thomas Morin.
Responsible AD = Alvaro Retana.