{"draft":"draft-ietf-msdp-spec-20","doc_id":"RFC3618","title":" Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) ","authors":["B. Fenner, Ed.","D. Meyer, Ed."],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"19","pub_status":"EXPERIMENTAL","status":"EXPERIMENTAL","source":"Multicast Source Discovery Protocol","abstract":" The Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) describes a mechanism to connect multiple IP Version 4 Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse-Mode (PIM-SM) domains together.  Each PIM-SM domain uses its own independent Rendezvous Point (RP) and does not have to depend on RPs in other domains.  This document reflects existing MSDP implementations. ","pub_date":"September 2003","keywords":["MSDP","Multicast Source Discovery Protocol","ipv4","pim-sm","independent multicast","sparse-mode","rp","rendezvous point"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC3618","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc3618"}