RFC 4605: Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) / Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD)-Based Multicast Forwarding ("IGMP/MLD Proxying")

In certain topologies, it is not necessary to run a multicast routing protocol. It is sufficient for a device to learn and proxy group membership information…

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Incoming relationships (13 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 7084: Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6224: Base Deployment for Multicast Listener Support in Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6) Domains
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6204: Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7028: Multicast Mobility Routing Optimizations for Proxy Mobile IPv6
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5135: IP Multicast Requirements for a Network Address Translator (NAT) and a Network Address Port Translator (NAPT)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7438: Multipoint LDP (mLDP) In-Band Signaling with Wildcards
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8114: Delivery of IPv4 Multicast Services to IPv4 Clients over an IPv6 Multicast Network
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6934: Applicability of the Access Node Control Mechanism to Broadband Networks Based on Passive Optical Networks (PONs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7287: Mobile Multicast Sender Support in Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6) Domains
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9398: A YANG Data Model for Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Proxy Devices
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6636: Tuning the Behavior of the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for Routers in Mobile and Wireless Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6179: The Internet Routing Overlay Network (IRON)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5519: Multicast Group Membership Discovery MIB