@techreport{nainar-bier-flex-algo-00, number = {draft-nainar-bier-flex-algo-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-nainar-bier-flex-algo/00/}, author = {Nagendra Kumar Nainar and IJsbrand Wijnands and Mankamana Prasad Mishra}, title = {{Flex Algorithm for BIER}}, pagetotal = 8, year = 2019, month = nov, day = 4, abstract = {Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) is an architecture that provides optimal multicast forwarding through a "BIER domain" without requiring intermediate routers to run explicit tree-building protocol or to maintain multicast-related, per-flow state. IGP protocols are extended to carry BFR-Id and other encapsulation informations that are used by traditional path computing algorithm using link metric for a loop-free best path selection. This document defines a constrained based path selection using IGP flexible Algorithm for BIER.}, }