A Transport-Independent Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) Encapsulation Header
Huawei
Alcatel-Lucent
France Telecom
Bloomberg LP
Juniper
Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) is a new multicast forwarding paradigm which doesn't require an explicit tree-building protocol nor intermediate routers to maintain any multicast state. This document proposes a transport-independent BIER encapsulation header which is applicable regardless of the underlying transport technology.