RFC 6559: A Reliable Transport Mechanism for PIM
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document defines a reliable transport mechanism for the PIM protocol for transmission of Join/Prune messages. This eliminates the need for periodic Join/Prune message transmission and processing. The reliable transport mechanism can use either TCP or SCTP as the transport protocol. This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC6559
- Published
- March 2012
- Authors
- D. Farinacci; IJ. Wijnands; S. Venaas; M. Napierala
- Status
- EXPERIMENTAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- rtg
- Pages
- 29
- Also known as
- —
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