%% You should probably cite rfc8556 instead of this I-D. @techreport{ietf-bier-mvpn-08, number = {draft-ietf-bier-mvpn-08}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bier-mvpn/08/}, author = {Eric C. Rosen and Mahesh Sivakumar and Sam Aldrin and Andrew Dolganow and Tony Przygienda}, title = {{Multicast VPN Using BIER}}, pagetotal = 17, year = , month = , day = , abstract = {The Multicast Virtual Private Network (MVPN) specifications require the use of multicast tunnels ("P-tunnels") that traverse a Service Provider's backbone network. The P-tunnels are used for carrying multicast traffic across the backbone. A variety of P-tunnel types are supported. Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) is a new architecture that provides optimal multicast forwarding through a "multicast domain", without requiring intermediate routers to maintain any per-flow state or to engage in an explicit tree-building protocol. This document specifies the protocol and procedures that allow MVPN to use BIER as the method of carrying multicast traffic over an SP backbone network.}, }