{"draft":"draft-ietf-bess-mvpn-bidir-ingress-replication-04","doc_id":"RFC7740","title":"Simulating Partial Mesh of Multipoint-to-Multipoint (MP2MP) Provider Tunnels with Ingress Replication","authors":["Z. Zhang","Y. Rekhter","A. Dolganow"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"8","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"BGP Enabled ServiceS","abstract":"RFC 6513 (\"Multicast in MPLS\/BGP IP VPNs\") describes a method to\r\nsupport bidirectional customer multicast flows using a partial mesh\r\nof Multipoint-to-Multipoint (MP2MP) tunnels.  This document specifies\r\nhow a partial mesh of MP2MP tunnels can be simulated using Ingress\r\nReplication.  This solution enables a service provider to use Ingress\r\nReplication to offer transparent bidirectional multicast service to\r\nits VPN customers.","pub_date":"January 2016","keywords":["MVPN","Ingress Replication","Bidirectional C-flow","p-tunnel"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC7740","errata_url":null}