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| Network Working Group N. Kumar | Network Working Group N. Kumar | |||
| Internet-Draft R. Asati | Internet-Draft R. Asati | |||
| Intended status: Informational Cisco | Intended status: Informational Cisco | |||
| Expires: January 8, 2017 M. Chen | Expires: July 12, 2017 M. Chen | |||
| X. Xu | X. Xu | |||
| Huawei | Huawei | |||
| A. Dolganow | A. Dolganow | |||
| Alcatel-Lucent | Alcatel-Lucent | |||
| T. Przygienda | T. Przygienda | |||
| Ericsson | Ericsson | |||
| A. Gulko | A. Gulko | |||
| Thomson Reuters | Thomson Reuters | |||
| D. Robinson | D. Robinson | |||
| id3as-company Ltd | id3as-company Ltd | |||
| V. Arya | V. Arya | |||
| DirecTV Inc | DirecTV Inc | |||
| C. Bestler | C. Bestler | |||
| Nexenta | Nexenta | |||
| July 7, 2016 | January 8, 2017 | |||
| BIER Use Cases | BIER Use Cases | |||
| draft-ietf-bier-use-cases-03 .txt | draft-ietf-bier-use-cases-04 .txt | |||
| Abstract | Abstract | |||
| Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) is an architecture that | Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) is an architecture that | |||
| provides optimal multicast forwarding through a "BIER domain" without | provides optimal multicast forwarding through a "BIER domain" without | |||
| requiring intermediate routers to maintain any multicast related per- | requiring intermediate routers to maintain any multicast related per- | |||
| flow state. BIER also does not require any explicit tree-building | flow state. BIER also does not require any explicit tree-building | |||
| protocol for its operation. A multicast data packet enters a BIER | protocol for its operation. A multicast data packet enters a BIER | |||
| domain at a "Bit-Forwarding Ingress Router" (BFIR), and leaves the | domain at a "Bit-Forwarding Ingress Router" (BFIR), and leaves the | |||
| BIER domain at one or more "Bit-Forwarding Egress Routers" (BFERs). | BIER domain at one or more "Bit-Forwarding Egress Routers" (BFERs). | |||
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| Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering | Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering | |||
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| working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- | working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- | |||
| Drafts is at http://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. | Drafts is at http://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. | |||
| Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months | Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months | |||
| and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any | and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any | |||
| time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference | time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference | |||
| material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." | material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." | |||
| This Internet-Draft will expire on January 8, 2017. | This Internet-Draft will expire on July 12, 2017. | |||
| Copyright Notice | Copyright Notice | |||
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