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BIER Encapsulation
draft-xu-bier-encapsulation-02

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Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
Authors Xiaohu Xu , somasundaram.s@alcatel-lucent.com , Christian Jacquenet , Robert Raszuk
Last updated 2015-08-29 (Latest revision 2015-02-25)
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Abstract

Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) is a new multicast forwarding paradigm which doesn't require an explicit tree-building protocol and doesn't require intermediate routers to maintain any multicast state. This document proposes a transport-independent BIER encapsulation header which is applicable in any kind of transport networks.

Authors

Xiaohu Xu
somasundaram.s@alcatel-lucent.com
Christian Jacquenet
Robert Raszuk

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