RFC 5790: Lightweight Internet Group Management Protocol Version 3 (IGMPv3) and Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) Protocols
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This document describes lightweight IGMPv3 and MLDv2 protocols (LW- IGMPv3 and LW-MLDv2), which simplify the standard (full) versions of IGMPv3 and MLDv2. The interoperability with the full versions and the previous versions of IGMP and MLD is also taken into account. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC5790
- Published
- February 2010
- Authors
- H. Liu; W. Cao; H. Asaeda
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- ops
- Pages
- 17
- Also known as
- —
Topics
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