Technical Summary
RFC6513, RFC6514, and other RFCs describe protocols and procedures
which a Service Provider (SP) may deploy in order offer Multicast
Virtual Private Network (Multicast VPN or MVPN) service to its
customers. Some of these procedures use BGP to distribute VPN-
specific multicast routing information across a backbone network.
With a small number of relatively minor modifications, the very same
BGP procedures can also be used to distribute multicast routing
information that is not specific to any VPN. Multicast that is
outside the context of a VPN is known as "Global Table Multicast", or
sometimes simply as "Internet multicast". In this document, we
describe the modifications that are needed to use the MVPN BGP
procedures for Global Table Multicast.
Working Group Summary
Nothing particular: working-group adoption and WGLC without any opposition raised.
Document Quality
The document is of good technical quality.
There are two known implementations, and one operator has provided
information on an actual deployment giving satisfying results.
Personnel
Document Shepherd is Thomas Morin.
Responsible AD is Alvaro Retana.