%% You should probably cite draft-ietf-bier-non-mpls-bift-encoding-04 instead of this revision. @techreport{ietf-bier-non-mpls-bift-encoding-02, number = {draft-ietf-bier-non-mpls-bift-encoding-02}, 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-non-mpls-bift-encoding/02/}, author = {IJsbrand Wijnands and Xiaohu Xu and Hooman Bidgoli}, title = {{An Optional Encoding of the BIFT-id Field in the non-MPLS BIER Encapsulation}}, pagetotal = 6, year = 2019, month = aug, day = 9, abstract = {Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) is an 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. The Multicast packet is encapsulated using a BIER Header and transported through an MPLS or non-MPLS network. When MPLS is used as the transport, the Bit Indexed Forwarding Table (BIFT) is identified by a MPLS Label. When non-MPLS transport is used, the BIFT is identified by a 20bit value. This document describes one way of encoding the 20bit value.}, }