RFC 5501: Requirements for Multicast Support in Virtual Private LAN Services

This document provides functional requirements for network solutions that support multicast over Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS). It specifies requirements…

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Outgoing relationships (20 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 4665: Service Requirements for Layer 2 Provider-Provisioned Virtual Private Networks
Informative reference — RFC 1112: Host extensions for IP multicasting
Informative reference — RFC 2475: An Architecture for Differentiated Services
Informative reference — RFC 3376: Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3
Informative reference — RFC 3810: Multicast Listener Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 4601: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
Informative reference — RFC 2710: Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) for IPv6
Informative reference — RFC 4875: Extensions to Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) for Point-to-Multipoint TE Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Informative reference — RFC 4607: Source-Specific Multicast for IP
Informative reference — RFC 4762: Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) Signaling
Informative reference — RFC 4761: Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and Signaling
Informative reference — RFC 2236: Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2
Informative reference — RFC 4664: Framework for Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (L2VPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 5015: Bidirectional Protocol Independent Multicast (BIDIR-PIM)
Informative reference — RFC 4541: Considerations for Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Snooping Switches
Informative reference — RFC 3973: Protocol Independent Multicast - Dense Mode (PIM-DM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
Informative reference — RFC 4834: Requirements for Multicast in Layer 3 Provider-Provisioned Virtual Private Networks (PPVPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 3809: Generic Requirements for Provider Provisioned Virtual Private Networks (PPVPN)
Informative reference — RFC 3488: Cisco Systems Router-port Group Management Protocol (RGMP)

Incoming relationships (3 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 7117: Multicast in Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6348: Requirements for Point-to-Multipoint Extensions to the Label Distribution Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8220: Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) over Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)