Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) Support via IS-IS
RFC 8401
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) L. Ginsberg, Ed.
Request for Comments: 8401 Cisco Systems
Category: Standards Track A. Przygienda
ISSN: 2070-1721 Juniper Networks
S. Aldrin
Google
J. Zhang
Juniper Networks, Inc.
June 2018
Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) Support via IS-IS
Abstract
This document defines IS-IS extensions to support multicast
forwarding using the Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER)
architecture.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.1. BIER Domains and Subdomains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.2. Advertising BIER Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.1. Multi-Topology and Subdomain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.2. BFR-id Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.3. Logging Misconfiguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.4. Flooding Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6. Packet Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6.1. BIER Info Sub-TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6.2. BIER MPLS Encapsulation Sub-sub-TLV . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1. Introduction
Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) [RFC8279] defines an
architecture where all intended multicast receivers are encoded as a
bitmask in the multicast packet header within different
encapsulations such as described in [RFC8296]. A router that
receives such a packet will forward the packet based on the bit
position in the packet header towards the receiver(s) following a
precomputed tree for each of the bits in the packet. Each receiver
is represented by a unique bit in the bitmask.
This document presents necessary extensions to the currently deployed
IS-IS for IP [RFC1195] to support distribution of information
necessary for operation of BIER domains and subdomains. This
document defines a new TLV to be advertised by every router
participating in BIER signaling.
This document defines support for MPLS encapsulation as specified in
[RFC8296]. Support for other encapsulation types and the use of
multiple encapsulation types are outside the scope of this document.
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