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Protocol independent multicast-sparse mode (PIM-SM): Protocol specification (1998)
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Farinacci98protocolindependent,
author = {D. Farinacci and A. Helmy and D. Thaler and S. Deering and M. Handley and V. Jacobson and C. Liu and P. Sharma and L. Wei},
title = {Protocol independent multicast-sparse mode (PIM-SM): Protocol specification},
booktitle = {},
year = {1998}
}
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Abstract
This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Acknowledgements The author list has been reordered to reflect the involvement in detailed editorial work on this specification document. The first four authors are the primary editors and are listed alphabetically. The rest of the authors, also listed alphabetically, participated in all aspects of the architectural and detailed design but managed to get away without hacking the latex! Estrin, et. al. Experimental [Page 1] RFC 2117 PIM-SM June 1997 Introduction This document describes a protocol for efficiently routing to multicast groups that may span wide-area (and inter-domain) internets. We refer to the approach as Protocol Independent Multicast--Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) because it is not dependent on any particular unicast routing protocol, and because it is designed to support sparse groups as defined in [1][2]. This document describes the protocol details. For the motivation behind the design and a description of the architecture, see [1][2]. Section 2 summarizes PIM-SM operation. It describes the protocol from a network perspective, in particular, how the participating routers interact to create and maintain the multicast distribution tree. Section 3 describes PIM-SM operations from the perspective of a single router implementing the protocol; this section constitutes the main body of the protocol specification. It is organized according to PIM-SM message type; for each message type we describe its contents, its generation, and its processing. Sections 3.8 and 3.9 summarize the timers and flags referred to throughout this document. Sectio...
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