Name: draft-holbrook-idmr-igmpv3-ssm-08
Title: Using IGMPv3 and MLDv2 For Source-Specific Multicast
State: Pending
Authors: Hugh Holbrook, Bradley Cain, Brian Haberman
Group: Multicast & Anycast Group Membership (magma)
Date: 2004-10-04
The Internet Group Management Protocol Version 3 (IGMPv3) and the Multicast
Listener Discovery Protocol Version 2 (MLDv2) are protocols that allow a
host to inform its neighboring routers of its desire to receive IPv4 and
IPv6 multicast transmissions, respectively. Source- Specific Multicast
(SSM) is a form of multicast in which a receiver is required to specify
both the network-layer address of the source and the multicast destination
address in order to receive the multicast transmission. This document
defines the notion of an "SSM-aware" router and host, and clarifies and, in
some cases, modifies the behavior of IGMPv3 and MLDv2 on SSM-aware routers
and hosts to accomodate source- specific multicast. This document updates
the IGMPv3 and MLDv2 specifications.
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