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Overview of IP Multicast in a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Environment
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Network Working Group D. Ooms
Request for Comments: 3353 Alcatel
Category: Informational B. Sales
Alcatel
W. Livens
Colt Telecom
A. Acharya
IBM
F. Griffoul
Ulticom
F. Ansari
Bell Labs
August 2002
Overview of IP Multicast in a
Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Environment
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document offers a framework for IP multicast deployment in an
MPLS environment. Issues arising when MPLS techniques are applied to
IP multicast are overviewed. The pros and cons of existing IP
multicast routing protocols in the context of MPLS are described and
the relation to the different trigger methods and label distribution
modes are discussed. The consequences of various layer 2 (L2)
technologies are listed. Both point-to-point and multi-access
networks are considered.
Ooms, et al. Informational
