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IETF RFC 6621
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Simplified Multicast Forwarding

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Publisher
IETF
Doc Type
Experimental
Pages
55
Abstract
This document describes a Simplified Multicast Forwarding (SMF) mechanism that provides basic Internet Protocol (IP) multicast forwarding suitable for limited wireless mesh and mobile ad hoc network (MANET) use. It is mainly applicable in situations where efficient flooding represents an acceptable engineering design trade-off. It defines techniques for multicast duplicate packet detection (DPD), to be applied in the forwarding process, for both IPv4 and IPv6 protocol use. This document also specifies optional mechanisms for using reduced relay sets to achieve more efficient multicast data distribution within a mesh topology as compared to Classic Flooding. Interactions with other protocols, such as use of information provided by concurrently running unicast routing protocols or interaction with other multicast protocols, as well as multiple deployment approaches are also described. Distributed algorithms for selecting reduced relay sets and related discussion are provided in the appendices. Basic issues relating to the operation of multicast MANET border routers are discussed, but ongoing work remains in this area and is beyond the scope of this document. This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
Publication Date
2012-05-01
Status Note
Experimental
DOI
10.17487/RFC6621
Link
https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6621
Author(s)
Joseph P. Macker
Keyword(s)
Routing, Flooding, Optimized Flooding, Cinema Digital Sound, Connected Dominating Set, Duplicate Packet Detection, Hash-based Packet Detection, Multipoint Relays, MPR-CDS, Edge Mobility, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Meshes
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  • Garcia-Luna-Aceves, JJ. and E. Madruga, "The Core-Assisted Mesh Protocol", Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal, Volume 17, Issue 8, August 1999. EXTERNAL
  • Macker, J., Downard, I., Dean, J., and R. Adamson, "Evaluation of Distributed Cover Set Algorithms in Mobile Ad hoc Network for Simplified Multicast Forwarding", ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review, Volume 11, Issue 3, July 2007. EXTERNAL
  • Danilov, C., Henderson, T., Goff, T., Kim, J., Macker, J., Weston, J., Neogi, N., Ortiz, A., and D. Uhlig, "Experiment and field demonstration of a 802.11-based ground-UAV mobile ad-hoc network", Proceedings of the 28th IEEE conference on Military Communications, 2009. EXTERNAL
  • Macker, J., Dean, J., and W. Chao, "Simplified Multicast Forwarding in Mobile Ad hoc Networks", IEEE MILCOM 2004 Proceedings, 2004. EXTERNAL
  • Mohapatra, P., Gui, C., and J. Li, "Group Communications in Mobile Ad hoc Networks", IEEE Computer, Vol. 37, No. 2, February 2004. EXTERNAL
  • Touch, J., "Updated Specification of the IPv4 ID Field" , Work in Progress, September 2011. EXTERNAL
  • Ni, S., Tseng, Y., Chen, Y., and J. Sheu, "The Broadcast Storm Problem in a Mobile Ad Hoc Network", Proceedings of ACM Mobicom 99, 1999. EXTERNAL
  • Danilov, C., Henderson, T., Spagnolo, T., Goff, T., and J. Kim, "MANET Multicast with Multiple Gateways", IEEE MILCOM 2008 Proceedings, 2008. EXTERNAL
  • Jacquet, P., Laouiti, V., Minet, P., and L. Viennot, "Performance of Multipoint Relaying in Ad Hoc Mobile Routing Protocols", Networking , 2002. EXTERNAL
  • Chakeres, I., Danilov, C., Henderson, T., and J. Macker, "Connecting MANET Multicast", IEEE MILCOM 2007 Proceedings, 2007. EXTERNAL
  • IETF RFC 2501 [Active*]
  • IETF RFC 3684 [Active*]
  • IETF RFC 3973 [Active*]
  • IETF RFC 4601 [Superseded*]
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