File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Updated by:

RFC 7887

Authors:

A. Boers
I. Wijnands
E. Rosen

Stream:

IETF

Source:

pim (rtg)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5384

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Abstract

A "Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode" Join message sent by a given node identifies one or more multicast distribution trees that that node wishes to join. Each tree is identified by the combination of a multicast group address and a source address (where the source address is possibly a "wild card"). Under certain conditions it can be useful, when joining a tree, to specify additional information related to the construction of the tree. However, there has been no way to do so until now. This document describes a modification of the Join message that allows a node to associate attributes with a particular tree. The attributes are encoded in Type-Length-Value format. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.