{
  "draft": "draft-ietf-bier-oam-requirements-21",
  "doc_id": "RFC9974",
  "title": "Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Requirements for the Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) Layer",
  "authors": [
    "G. Mirsky, Ed.",
    "N. Kumar",
    "M. Chen",
    "S. Pallagatti, Ed."
  ],
  "format": [
    "XML",
    "TEXT",
    "HTML",
    "PDF"
  ],
  "page_count": "9",
  "pub_status": "INFORMATIONAL",
  "status": "INFORMATIONAL",
  "source": "Bit Indexed Explicit Replication",
  "abstract": "This document specifies a list of functional requirements for\r\n   Operations, Administration, and Maintenance mechanisms, protocols,\r\n   and tools that support operations in the Bit Index Explicit\r\n   Replication layer of a network.",
  "pub_date": "June 2026",
  "keywords": [
    "BIER",
    "OAM"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [],
  "updated_by": [],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC9974",
  "errata_url": null
}