%% You should probably cite draft-ietf-pim-assert-packing instead of this I-D. @techreport{liu-pim-assert-packing-00, number = {draft-liu-pim-assert-packing-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-liu-pim-assert-packing/00/}, author = {Yisong Liu and Mike McBride and Toerless Eckert}, title = {{PIM Assert Message Packing}}, pagetotal = 11, year = , month = , day = , abstract = {In PIM-SM shared networks, there is typically more than one upstream router. When duplicate data packets appear on the LAN from different routers, assert packets are sent from these routers to elect a single forwarder. The PIM assert packets are sent periodically to keep the assert state. The PIM assert packet carries information about a single multicast source and group, along with the metric-preference and metric of the route towards the source or RP. This document defines a standard to send and receive multiple multicast source and group information in a single PIM assert packet in a shared network. This can be particularly helpful when there is traffic for a large number of multicast groups.}, }