Interoperability Rules for Multicast Routing Protocols
D. Thaler · 1999
The rules described in this document will allow efficient interoperation among multiple independent multicast routing domains.Specific instantiations of these rules are given for the DVMRP, MOSPF, PIM-DM, PIM-SM, and CBT multicast routing protocols, as well as for IGMP-only links.Future versions of these protocols, and any other multicast routing protocols, may describe their interoperability procedure by stating how the rules described herein apply to them.