An Overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)

By Supratik Bhattacharyya. Request for Comments, 2003

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The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) and issues related to its deployment. It discusses how the SSM service model addresses the challenges faced in inter-domain multicast deployment, changes needed to routing protocols and applications to deploy SSM and interoperability issues with current multicast service models.

Subfields: Computer Networks and Communications

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