@techreport{mankamana-pim-mofrr-failure-detection-00, number = {draft-mankamana-pim-mofrr-failure-detection-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-mankamana-pim-mofrr-failure-detection/00/}, author = {Mankamana Prasad Mishra}, title = {{MoFRR Path Liveness for Network Failures}}, pagetotal = 5, year = 2026, month = jul, day = 20, abstract = {This document discusses an operational gap in Multicast-Only Fast Reroute when failures occur inside an upstream multicast path but do not cause a visible RIB or RPF change at the merge point. The document motivates the need for a scalable path-liveness mechanism that can detect such hidden multicast delivery failures without requiring expensive per-flow packet monitoring.}, }