Tree Notification to Improve Multicast Fast Reroute
Cisco
Cisco
Ericsson
Ericsson
This draft proposes dataplane triggered Tree Notifications to support multicast fast reroute for PIM and mLDP. These Tree Notifications are initiated by a node detecting the failure to a Repair Node downstream. A Repair Node is a node that has a pre-built backup path that can circumvent the failure. Using this mechanism, a Repair Node has the ability to learn about non-local failures quickly without having to wait for the IGP to convergence. This draft also covers an optional method to avoid bandwidth usage on the pre-built backup path.