@misc{rfc8556,
    series =    {Request for Comments},
    number =    8556,
    howpublished =  {RFC 8556},
    publisher = {RFC Editor},
    doi =       {10.17487/RFC8556},
    url =       {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8556},
    author =    {Eric C. Rosen and Mahesh Sivakumar and Sam Aldrin and Andrew Dolganow and Tony Przygienda},
    title =     {{Multicast VPN Using Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER)}},
    pagetotal = 17,
    year =      2019,
    month =     apr,
    abstract =  {The Multicast Virtual Private Network (MVPN) specifications require the use of multicast tunnels ("P-tunnels") that traverse a service provider's backbone network. The P-tunnels are used for carrying multicast traffic across the backbone. A variety of P-tunnel types are supported. Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) is a new architecture that provides optimal multicast forwarding through a "multicast domain", without requiring intermediate routers to maintain any per-flow state or to engage in an explicit tree-building protocol. This document specifies the protocol and procedures that allow MVPN to use BIER as the method of carrying multicast traffic over a service provider's backbone network.},
}