@misc{rfc2362, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 2362, howpublished = {RFC 2362}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC2362}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2362}, author = {Van Jacobson and Liming Wei and Mark J. Handley and Ching-Gung Liu and Puneet Sharma and Dr. Steve E. Deering and Dr. Deborah Estrin and Dino Farinacci and Ahmed Helmy and Dave Thaler}, title = {{Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification}}, pagetotal = 66, year = 1998, month = jun, abstract = {This document describes a protocol for efficiently routing to multicast groups that may span wide-area (and inter-domain) internets. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.}, }