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Status:

INFORMATIONAL

Authors:

C. Perkins
M. McBride
D. Stanley
W. Kumari
JC. Zúñiga

Stream:

IETF

Source:

mboned (ops)

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DOI:  10.17487/RFC9119

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Abstract

Well-known issues with multicast have prevented the deployment of multicast in 802.11 (Wi-Fi) and other local-area wireless environments. This document describes the known limitations of wireless (primarily 802.11) Layer 2 multicast. Also described are certain multicast enhancement features that have been specified by the IETF and by IEEE 802 for wireless media, as well as some operational choices that can be made to improve the performance of the network. Finally, some recommendations are provided about the usage and combination of these features and operational choices.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.