RFC 8775: PIM Designated Router Load Balancing

On a multi-access network, one of the PIM-SM (PIM Sparse Mode) routers is elected as a Designated Router. One of the responsibilities of the Designated Router…

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Outgoing relationships (9 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 8126: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Normative reference — RFC 7761: Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)
Normative reference — RFC 6395: An Interface Identifier (ID) Hello Option for PIM
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 4607: Source-Specific Multicast for IP
Informative reference — RFC 4541: Considerations for Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Snooping Switches

Incoming relationships (1 related RFC)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9186: Fast Failover in Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Using Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Multipoint Networks