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RFC 9119: Multicast Considerations over IEEE 802 Wireless Media

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Well-known issues with multicast have prevented the deployment of multicast in 802.11 (Wi-Fi) and other local-area wireless environments. This document describes the known limitations of wireless (primarily 802.11) Layer 2 multicast. Also described are certain multicast enhancement features that have been specified by the IETF and by IEEE 802 for wireless media, as well as some operational choices that can be made to improve the performance of the network. Finally, some recommendations are provided about the usage and combination of these features and operational choices.

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Document ID
RFC9119
Published
October 2021
Authors
C. Perkins; M. McBride; D. Stanley; W. Kumari; JC. Zúñiga
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
ops
Pages
22
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