@techreport{xu-bier-encapsulation-06, number = {draft-xu-bier-encapsulation-06}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-xu-bier-encapsulation/06/}, author = {Xiaohu Xu and somasundaram.s@alcatel-lucent.com and Christian Jacquenet and Robert Raszuk and Zhaohui (Jeffrey) Zhang}, title = {{A Transport-Independent Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) Encapsulation Header}}, pagetotal = 7, year = 2016, month = sep, day = 24, abstract = {Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) is a new multicast forwarding paradigm which doesn't require an explicit tree-building protocol nor intermediate routers to maintain any multicast state. This document proposes a transport-independent BIER encapsulation header which is applicable regardless of the underlying transport technology.}, }