RFC 5110 · INFORMATIONAL · 2008

Overview of the Internet Multicast Routing Architecture

Overview

RFC 5110, “Overview of the Internet Multicast Routing Architecture”, is an Informational document published in January 2008 by P. Savola. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes multicast routing architectures that are currently deployed on the Internet. This document briefly describes those protocols and references their specifications.

This memo also reclassifies several older RFCs to Historic. These RFCs describe multicast routing protocols that were never widely deployed or have fallen into disuse. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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