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Title : DHCP Option for IPTV Source address
Author(s) : Ramakanth Josyula
Filename : draft-josyula-dhc-multicast-02.txt
Pages : 8
Date : 2013-10-02
Abstract:
Internet Protocol Television(IPTV) is a system facilitating
transmission of television channels as multicast streams use
dedicated multicast group addresses in IP networks. Internet Group
Multicast Protocol(IGMP) is widely used for the communication between
hosts and routers to deliver the multicast streams in the IPv4
networks. Similarly,Multicast Listener Discovery Protocol (MLD)is
used for the communication between the hosts and routers to deliver
the multicast streams in the IPv6 networks. It is also possible for
the networks to distinguish these multicast streams not only by their
destination multicast group but also by the source IP address of the
streams. IGMP version-3 and MLD version-2 are protocols that allow
the hosts to inform the neighboring routers about their desire to
receive the multicast streams from specific source IP addresses.
This needs a mechanism to supply the available multicast source
address information to the hosts and the hosts also should be
strictly implemented with the source specific multicasting aware
protocols such as above mentioned IGMPv3 or MLDv2. This document
describes a new DHCP option which can addresses these issues. In
addition to this, the document also describes about the advantages in
the networks by implementing this option.
The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-josyula-dhc-multicast
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