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RFC 9974: Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Requirements for the Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) Layer

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This document specifies a list of functional requirements for Operations, Administration, and Maintenance mechanisms, protocols, and tools that support operations in the Bit Index Explicit Replication layer of a network.

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Document ID
RFC9974
Published
June 2026
Authors
G. Mirsky; N. Kumar; M. Chen; S. Pallagatti
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
9
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