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RFC 8638: IPv4 Multicast over an IPv6 Multicast in Softwire Mesh Networks

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During the transition to IPv6, there are scenarios where a backbone network internally running one IP address family (referred to as the internal IP or I-IP family) connects client networks running another IP address family (referred to as the external IP or E-IP family). In such cases, the I-IP backbone needs to offer both unicast and multicast transit services to the client E-IP networks. This document describes a mechanism for supporting multicast across backbone networks where the I-IP and E-IP protocol families differ. The document focuses on the IPv4-over-IPv6 scenario, due to lack of real-world use cases for the IPv6-over-IPv4 scenario.

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Document ID
RFC8638
Published
September 2019
Authors
M. Xu; Y. Cui; J. Wu; S. Yang; C. Metz
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
int
Pages
19
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