RFC 4601 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2006

Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode : Protocol Specification

Overview

RFC 4601, “Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode : Protocol Specification”, is a Proposed Standard document published in August 2006 by B. Fenner, M. Handley, H. Holbrook, I. Kouvelas. It obsoletes RFC 2362. It has since been updated by RFC 5059, RFC 5796, RFC 6226. It has been obsoleted by RFC 7761 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document specifies Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM). PIM-SM is a multicast routing protocol that can use the underlying unicast routing information base or a separate multicast-capable routing information base. It builds unidirectional shared trees rooted at a Rendezvous Point (RP) per group, and optionally creates shortest-path trees per source.

This document obsoletes RFC 2362, an Experimental version of PIM-SM. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 2362
Obsoleted by
RFC 7761
Other RFCs from 2006

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