2.5.10 Protocol Independent Multicast (pim)

NOTE: This charter is a snapshot of the 44th IETF Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It may now be out-of-date. Last Modified: 01-Feb-99

Chair(s):

T. Pusateri <pusateri@juniper.net>
L. Wei <lwei@cisco.com>

Routing Area Director(s):

Rob Coltun <rcoltun@lightera.com>

Routing Area Advisor:

Rob Coltun <rcoltun@lightera.com>

Mailing Lists:

General Discussion:pim@catarina.usc.edu
To Subscribe: pim-request@catarina.usc.edu
Archive: http://www.juniper.net/~pusateri/pim.html

Description of Working Group:

The Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) Working Group is chartered to standardize and promote the Protocol Independent Multicast Version 2 (PIMv2), Sparse Mode and Dense Mode, as a scalable, efficient and robust multicast routing protocol, capable of supporting thousands of groups, different types of multicast applications, and all major underlying layer-2 subnetwork technologies. The working group will decide if there is a need for any follow on work or version 3 of the protocol.

This working group will act as a consultant to any PIM-over-Foo proposals, including but not limited to PIM-over-ATM, using PIM for multiprotocol label switching, and PIM-over-UDLR links.

Documents:

1) PIM-SM v2 specification (standards track)

This document is a specification for Sparse Mode Protocol Independent Multicast.

2) PIM-DM v2 speficication (standards track)

This document is a specification for Dense Mode Protocol Independent Multicast.

3) PIM MIB (standards track)

This document contains the MIB definitions for PIMv2.

Goals and Milestones:

Aug 98

  

Hold the first Working Group meeting and discuss the charter and the state of progress on the chartered items.

Aug 98

  

Update the PIM-DM version 2 Internet-draft. Go to WG last call. Submision to IESG for considerations as proposed standard.

Aug 98

  

Resubmit the latest PIM-SM version 2 specification to IESG for consideration as a proposed standard RFC

Dec 98

  

Submit Internet-Draft describing use of IP security with PIM.

Dec 98

  

Submit updated PIM-SM and PIM-DM internet-drafts, clarifying any inconsistencies or ambiguities in the previous drafts.

Apr 99

  

Submit PIM-SM version 2 and PIM-DM version 2 specifications to IESG for consideration as Draft Standards.

Apr 99

  

Submit PIM-SM and PIM-DM Applicability Statements

Apr 99

  

Submit PIMv2 MIB to IESG for consideration as proposed standard.

Nov 99

  

Submit PIMv2 MIB to IESG for consideration as draft standard.

Internet-Drafts:

No Request For Comments

Current Meeting Report

None received.

Slides

Extending PIM to Support Bi-Directional Shared Trees