RSVP-TE Extensions for P2MP-based BIER
Huawei Technologies
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Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) is a new architecture that provides optimal multicast forwarding without requiring intermediate routers to maintain any per-flow state by using a multicast-specific BIER header. This document describes extensions to Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) for the set up of Traffic Engineered (TE) point-to-multipoint (P2MP) Label Switched Paths (LSPs) with BIER infomation, which is called P2MP based BIER in [I-D.xie-bier-mvpn-mpls-p2mp].