Multicast using Bit Index Explicit Replication
draft-wijnands-bier-architecture-05
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(bier WG)
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| Authors | IJsbrand Wijnands , Eric C. Rosen , Andrew Dolganow , Tony Przygienda , Sam Aldrin | ||
| Last updated | 2015-10-14 (Latest revision 2015-03-06) | ||
| Replaced by | draft-ietf-bier-architecture | ||
| RFC stream | Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
| Intended RFC status | (None) | ||
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| Document shepherd | (None) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | Replaced by draft-ietf-bier-architecture | |
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Abstract
This document specifies a new architecture for the forwarding of multicast data packets. It provides optimal forwarding of multicast packets through a "multicast domain". However, it does not require any explicit tree-building protocol, nor does it require intermediate nodes to maintain any per-flow state. This architecture is known as "Bit Index Explicit Replication" (BIER). When a multicast data packet enters the domain, the ingress router determines the set of egress routers to which the packet needs to be sent. The ingress router then encapsulates the packet in a BIER header. The BIER header contains a bitstring in which each bit represents exactly one egress router in the domain; to forward the packet to a given set of egress routers, the bits corresponding to those routers are set in the BIER header. Elimination of the per-flow state and the explicit tree-building protocols results in a considerable simplification.
Authors
IJsbrand Wijnands
Eric C. Rosen
Andrew Dolganow
Tony Przygienda
Sam Aldrin
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