%% You should probably cite draft-smirnov-ion-earth-02 instead of this revision.
@techreport{smirnov-ion-earth-05,
    number =    {draft-smirnov-ion-earth-05},
    type =      {Internet-Draft},
    institution =   {Internet Engineering Task Force},
    publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force},
    note =      {Work in Progress},
    url =       {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-smirnov-ion-earth/05/},
    author =    {Michael Smirnow},
    title =     {{EARTH - EAsy IP multicast Routing THrough ATM clouds}},
    pagetotal = 23,
    year =      1997,
    month =     apr,
    day =       5,
    abstract =  {The EARTH could be positioned between MARS {[}1{]} and VENUS {[}2{]}, however EARTH deals not only with address resolution but with routing issues as well. This document describes a solution simplifying distribution of IP multicast flows over ATM clouds with the use of point-to-multipoint connections. The EARTH solution includes: - the notion of multicast IP subnet over ATM; - IP multicast addresses (Class D) resolution to ATM addresses; - support for IP multicast shortcuts over multiple LISs and for the DVMRP capable egress routers; - support for a multicast group management and receiver-initiated quality of service (QoS) specification; - optional replication of EARTH servers with server synchronisation based on SCSP {[}3{]}. The current version of EARTH proposal has an extension to solve problems of ATM backbone for the Internet with DVMRP support over MLIS; while retaining support for ATM subnets (LANs). Another extension addresses redundant EARTH servers specifying, how SCSP protocol could be re-designed to run over MLIS.},
}