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PIM Signaling Through BIER Core
draft-hfa-bier-pim-signaling-01

Document Type Replaced Internet-Draft (individual)
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Authors Hooman Bidgoli , Andrew Dolganow , Jayant Kotalwar , Fengman Xu , IJsbrand Wijnands , Mankamana Prasad Mishra
Last updated 2018-08-11 (Latest revision 2018-02-07)
Replaced by draft-ietf-bier-pim-signaling
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Abstract

Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) is an architecture that provides multicast forwarding through a "BIER domain" without requiring intermediate routers to maintain multicast related per-flow state. Neither does BIER require an explicit tree-building protocol for its operation. A multicast data packet enters a BIER domain at a "Bit-Forwarding Ingress Router" (BFIR), and leaves the BIER domain at one or more "Bit-Forwarding Egress Routers" (BFERs). The BFIR router adds a BIER header to the packet. Such header contains a bit-string in which each bit represents exactly one BFER to forward the packet to. The set of BFERs to which the multicast packet needs to be forwarded is expressed by the according set of bits switched on in BIER packet header. This document describes the procedure needed for PIM Joins and Prunes to be signaled through a BIER core. Allowing PIM routers to run traditional PIM multicast services through a BIER core.

Authors

Hooman Bidgoli
Andrew Dolganow
Jayant Kotalwar
Fengman Xu
IJsbrand Wijnands
Mankamana Prasad Mishra

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