Technical Summary
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. BIER architecture uses MPLS or other encapsulation to steer
the multicast traffic towards the receivers.
This document describes the OSPFv3 protocol extensions required for
BIER with MPLS encapsulation. Support for other encapsulation types
is outside the scope of this document. The use of multiple
encapsulation types is outside the scope of this document.
Working Group Summary
Was there anything in the WG process that is worth noting?
For example, was there controversy about particular points
or were there decisions where the consensus was
particularly rough?
Document Quality
Are there existing implementations of the protocol? Have a
significant number of vendors indicated their plan to
implement the specification? Are there any reviewers that
merit special mention as having done a thorough review,
e.g., one that resulted in important changes or a
conclusion that the document had no substantive issues? If
there was a MIB Doctor, Media Type, or other Expert Review,
what was its course (briefly)? In the case of a Media Type
Review, on what date was the request posted?
Personnel
The Document Shepherd for this document is Huaimo Chen. The Responsible
Area Director is Andrew Alston.
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