Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification
draft-ietf-pim-v2-sm-01
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| Authors | Dr. Deborah Estrin , Van Jacobson , Dino Farinacci , Liming Wei , Dr. Steve E. Deering , Mark J. Handley , Dave Thaler , Ching-Gung Liu , Puneet Sharma , Ahmed Helmy | ||
| Last updated | 1999-12-01 | ||
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Abstract
This document describes a protocol for efficiently routing to multicast groups that may span wide-area (and inter-domain) internets. We refer to the approach as Protocol Independent Multicast--Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) because it is not dependent on any particular unicast routing protocol, and because it is designed to support sparse groups as defined in [1][2]. This document describes the protocol details. For the motivation behind the design and a description of the architecture, see [1][2]. Section 2 summarizes PIM-SM operation. It describes the protocol from a network perspective, in particular, how the participating routers interact to create and maintain the multicast distribution tree. Section 3 describes PIM-SM operations from the perspective of a single router implementing the protocol; this section constitutes the main body of the protocol specification. It is organized according to PIM-SM message type; for each message type we describe its contents, its generation, and its processing.
Authors
Dr. Deborah Estrin
Van Jacobson
Dino Farinacci
Liming Wei
Dr. Steve E. Deering
Mark J. Handley
Dave Thaler
Ching-Gung Liu
Puneet Sharma
Ahmed Helmy
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