%% You should probably cite rfc9465 instead of this I-D. @techreport{ietf-pim-null-register-packing-10, number = {draft-ietf-pim-null-register-packing-10}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-pim-null-register-packing/10/}, author = {Vikas Ramesh Kamath and Ramakrishnan Cokkanathapuram Sundaram and Raunak Banthia and Ananya Gopal}, title = {{PIM Null-Register packing}}, pagetotal = 10, year = 2021, month = sep, day = 12, abstract = {In PIM-SM networks PIM Null-Register messages are sent by the Designated Router (DR) to the Rendezvous Point (RP) to signal the presence of Multicast sources in the network. There are periodic PIM Null-Registers sent from the DR to the RP to keep the state alive at the RP as long as the source is active. The PIM Null-Register message carries information about a single Multicast source and group. This document defines a standard to send multiple multicast source and group information in a single PIM Null-Register message, in a packed format. We will refer to this packed format as the PIM Packed Null-Register format throughout the document. This document also discusses the interoperability between the PIM routers which do not understand the packed message format with multiple multicast source and group details.}, }