{"draft":"draft-ietf-pim-sm-bsr-12","doc_id":"RFC5059","title":"Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)","authors":["N. Bhaskar","A. Gall","J. Lingard","S. Venaas"],"format":["ASCII","PDF","HTML"],"page_count":"42","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Protocols for IP Multicast","abstract":"This document specifies the Bootstrap Router (BSR) mechanism\r\nfor the class of multicast routing protocols in the PIM\r\n(Protocol Independent Multicast) family that use the concept\r\nof a Rendezvous Point as a means for receivers to discover the\r\nsources that send to a particular multicast group.  BSR is one\r\nway that a multicast router can learn the set of group-to-RP\r\nmappings required in order to function.  The mechanism is\r\ndynamic, largely self-configuring, and robust to router\r\nfailure.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"January 2008","keywords":["rendezvous point","rp","multicast router"],"obsoletes":["RFC2362"],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":["RFC4601"],"updated_by":["RFC8736","RFC9436"],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC5059","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc5059"}