IGMP/MLD-Based Explicit Membership Tracking Function for Multicast Routers
draft-ietf-pim-explicit-tracking-10

PIM Working Group                                              H. Asaeda
Internet-Draft                                                      NICT
Intended status: Standards Track                         August 31, 2014
Expires: March 4, 2015

   IGMP/MLD-Based Explicit Membership Tracking Function for Multicast
                                Routers
                  draft-ietf-pim-explicit-tracking-10

Abstract

   This document describes the IGMP/MLD-based explicit membership
   tracking function for multicast routers and IGMP/MLD proxy devices
   supporting IGMPv3/MLDv2.  The explicit membership tracking function
   contributes to saving network resources and shortening leave latency.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  Membership State Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   4.  Specific Query Suppression  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   5.  Shortening Leave Latency  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   6.  Risk of Wrong Membership State  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   7.  All-Zero and Unspecified Source Addresses . . . . . . . . . .   7
   8.  Compatibility with Older Version Protocols  . . . . . . . . .   8
   9.  Interoperability  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   10. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   11. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   12. Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   13. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     13.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     13.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10

1.  Introduction

   The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) version 3 [2] for IPv4
   and the Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol (MLD) version 2 [3] for
   IPv6 are the standard protocols used by member hosts and multicast
   routers.  Lightweight IGMPv3 and Lightweight MLDv2 (or LW-IGMPv3 and
   LW-MLDv2) [4] are subsets of the standard IGMPv3 and MLDv2.

   When a host starts/finishes listening to particular multicast
   channels, it sends IGMP/MLD State-Change Report messages specifying
   the corresponding channel information as the join/leave request to
   its upstream router (i.e., an adjacent multicast router or IGMP/MLD
   proxy device [8]).  The "unsolicited" report messages are sent only
   when the host joins/leaves the channels.  Since IGMP/MLD are non-
   reliable protocols, unsolicited report messages may be lost or may
   not reach upstream routers.  To alleviate this problem, unsolicited
   report messages are retransmitted a number of times according to the
   value of the [Robustness Variable] defined in [2][3].

   In addition, a querier router periodically sends IGMP/MLD General
   Query messages every General Query timer interval (i.e.  [Query
   Interval] value defined in [2][3]).  Upon receiving the query
   messages, the member hosts reply with "solicited" report messages.
   Routers then keep their membership state information up to date.