PIM Assert Message Packing
draft-ietf-pim-assert-packing-12

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Subject: Protocol Action: 'PIM Assert Message Packing' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-pim-assert-packing-11.txt)

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'PIM Assert Message Packing'
  (draft-ietf-pim-assert-packing-11.txt) as Proposed Standard

This document is the product of the Protocols for IP Multicast Working Group.

The IESG contact persons are Alvaro Retana, Andrew Alston and John Scudder.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-pim-assert-packing/

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

   This document defines a mechanism to send and receive information 
   for multiple IP multicast flows in a single PackedAssert message. 
   This optimization reduces the total number of PIM packets on the 
   LAN and can therefore speed up the election of the single forwarder, 
   reducing the number of duplicate IP multicast packets incurred.

Working Group Summary

   The WG process was straightforward.

Document Quality

   No implementations exist, but several vendors have expressed their interest.

Personnel

   Document Shepherd: Stig Venaas
   Responsible Area Director: Alvaro Retana

RFC Editor Note