The IESG has received a request from the Protocols for IP Multicast WG (pim) to consider the following document: - 'PIM Assert Message Packing' <draft-ietf-pim-assert-packing-08.txt> as Proposed Standard
The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the [email protected] mailing lists by 2023-03-02. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to [email protected] instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract LANs often have more than one upstream router. When PIM Sparse Mode (PIM-SM), including PIM-SSM, is used, this can lead to duplicate IP multicast packets being forwarded by these PIM routers. PIM Assert messages are used to elect a single forwarder for each IP multicast traffic flow between these routers. This document defines a mechanism to send and receive information for multiple IP multicast flows in a single PackedAssert message. This optimization reduces the total number of PIM packets on the LAN and can therefore speed up the election of the single forwarder, reducing the number of duplicate IP multicast packets incurred. The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-pim-assert-packing/ The following IPR Declarations may be related to this I-D: https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/4115/ _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
