{"draft":"draft-ietf-l3vpn-mvpn-considerations-06","doc_id":"RFC6517","title":"Mandatory Features in a Layer 3 Multicast BGP\/MPLS VPN Solution","authors":["T. Morin, Ed.","B. Niven-Jenkins, Ed.","Y. Kamite","R. Zhang","N. Leymann","N. Bitar"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"41","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks","abstract":"More that one set of mechanisms to support multicast in a layer 3\r\nBGP\/MPLS VPN has been defined.  These are presented in the documents\r\nthat define them as optional building blocks.\r\n\r\nTo enable interoperability between implementations, this document\r\ndefines a subset of features that is considered mandatory for a\r\nmulticast BGP\/MPLS VPN implementation.  This will help implementers\r\nand deployers understand which L3VPN multicast requirements are best\r\nsatisfied by each option.  This document is not an Internet Standards Track \r\nspecification; it is published for informational purposes.","pub_date":"February 2012","keywords":["mpls","vpn","multicast","l3vpn","bgp","pim","p2mp","ldp","rsvp-te"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC6517","errata_url":null}