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Explicit Multicast (Xcast) Concepts and Options
RFC 5058

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2020-01-21
(System) Received changes through RFC Editor sync (added Verified Errata tag)
2018-12-20
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Received changes through RFC Editor sync (changed abstract to 'While traditional IP multicast schemes (RFC 1112) are scalable for very large multicast groups, …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (changed abstract to 'While traditional IP multicast schemes (RFC 1112) are scalable for very large multicast groups, they have scalability issues with a very large number of distinct multicast groups. This document describes Xcast (Explicit Multi-unicast), a new multicast scheme with complementary scaling properties: Xcast supports a very large number of small multicast sessions. Xcast achieves this by explicitly encoding the list of destinations in the data packets, instead of using a multicast group address.

This document discusses Xcast concepts and options in several areas; it does not provide a complete technical specification. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.')
2015-10-14
(System) Notify list changed from rhboivie@us.ibm.com to (None)
2007-11-20
Amy Vezza State Changes to RFC Published from RFC Ed Queue by Amy Vezza
2007-11-20
Amy Vezza [Note]: 'RFC 5058' added by Amy Vezza
2007-11-19
(System) RFC published