Subject: Re: [OSPF] [Bier] I-D Action: draft-ietf-bier-ospf-bier-extensions-06.txt

From: "Acee Lindem (acee)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:13:16 +0000

BIER and OSPF WGs, 

This version includes my very minor editorial comments. I fully support
publication. I’d encourage others to review, comment, and hopefully
support. 

Thanks,
Acee 

On 6/20/17, 12:20 PM, "BIER on behalf of [email-masked]"
<[email-masked] on behalf of [email-masked]> wrote:

>
>A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
>directories.
>This draft is a work item of the Bit Indexed Explicit Replication of the
>IETF.
>
>        Title           : OSPF Extensions for BIER
>        Authors         : Peter Psenak
>                          Nagendra Kumar
>                          IJsbrand Wijnands
>                          Andrew Dolganow
>                          Tony Przygienda
>                          Jeffrey Zhang
>                          Sam Aldrin
>	Filename        : draft-ietf-bier-ospf-bier-extensions-06.txt
>	Pages           : 9
>	Date            : 2017-06-20
>
>Abstract:
>   Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) is an architecture that
>   provides multicast forwarding through a "BIER domain" without
>   requiring intermediate routers to maintain multicast related per-flow
>   state.  Neither does BIER require an explicit tree-building protocol
>   for its operation.  A multicast data packet enters a BIER domain at a
>   "Bit-Forwarding Ingress Router" (BFIR), and leaves the BIER domain at
>   one or more "Bit-Forwarding Egress Routers" (BFERs).  The BFIR router
>   adds a BIER header to the packet.  Such header contains a bit-string
>   in which each bit represents exactly one BFER to forward the packet
>   to.  The set of BFERs to which the multicast packet needs to be
>   forwarded is expressed by the according set of bits set in BIER
>   packet header.
>
>   This document describes the OSPF protocol extension required for BIER
>   with MPLS encapsulation.
>
>
>The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
>https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bier-ospf-bier-extensions/
>
>There are also htmlized versions available at:
>https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-bier-ospf-bier-extensions-06
>https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-bier-ospf-bier-extensions
>-06
>
>A diff from the previous version is available at:
>https://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-ietf-bier-ospf-bier-extensions-06
>
>
>Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of
>submission
>until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org.
>
>Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at:
>ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/
>
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