RFC 4601, "Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)", August 2006

Note: This RFC has been obsoleted by RFC 7761

Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 5059, RFC 5796, RFC 6226

Errata ID: 1176
Status: Rejected
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Maren Peasley
Date Reported: 2007-12-21
Rejected by: Adrian Farrel
Date Rejected: 2009-08-26

Section 4.6.2 says:

+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                         In NoInfo (NI) State                         |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------+
| Receive Inferior      |  Data arrives for G   |  Receive Acceptable  |
| Assert with RPTbit    |  on I and             |  Assert with RPTbit  |
| set and               |  CouldAssert          |  set and AssTrDes    |
| CouldAssert(*,G,I)    |  (*,G,I)              |  (*,G,I)             |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------+
| -> W state            |  -> W state           |  -> L state          |
| [Actions A1]          |  [Actions A1]         |  [Actions A2]        |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+----------------------+

+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                    In I Am Assert Winner (W) State                  |
+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------+
| Assert Timer   |  Receive        |  Receive        |  CouldAssert   |
| Expires        |  Inferior       |  Preferred      |  (*,G,I) ->    |
|                |  Assert         |  Assert         |  FALSE         |
+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------+
| -> W state     |  -> W state     |  -> L state     |  -> NI state   |
| [Actions A3]   |  [Actions A3]   |  [Actions A2]   |  [Actions A4]  |
+----------------+-----------------+-----------------+----------------+

It should say:

See notes.

Notes:

The tables at the bottom of page 92 do not indicate what the rows are as opposed to the columns. It appears that the first rows consist of events and the second rows consist of actions to take upon receiving those events while in the “NoInfo” state and the “I Am Assert Winner” state.
--VERIFIER NOTES--
This is perfectly easy to parse having an understanding of the states and events for the protocol.

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