File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Updates:

RFC 3306

Updated by:

RFC 7371

Authors:

P. Savola
B. Haberman

Stream:

IETF

Source:

mboned (ops)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC3956

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Abstract

This memo defines an address allocation policy in which the address of the Rendezvous Point (RP) is encoded in an IPv6 multicast group address. For Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM), this can be seen as a specification of a group-to-RP mapping mechanism. This allows an easy deployment of scalable inter-domain multicast and simplifies the intra-domain multicast configuration as well. This memo updates the addressing format presented in RFC 3306. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.