Requirements for multicast to unicast optimization in Trill
draft-liyz-trill-reqs-mlt2uni-opt-00
| Document | Type | Expired Internet-Draft (individual) | |
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| Author | Yizhou Li | ||
| Last updated | 2010-07-04 | ||
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Abstract
Instead of always blindly forwarding multicast/broadcast frames through a distribution tree in Trill, some optimizations can be done to convert multicast/broadcast to unicast for certain IP controlling packets. This draft shows the scenarios in which such optimizations are needed.
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