This chapter introduces the features and usage of IP multicasting, which
allows a single host on a network to send a packet to a group of hosts. For more information
on IP multicasting, refer to the following publications:
RFC 1112—Host Extension for IP Multicasting
RFC 2236—Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2
RFC 3569—SSM for IPv4/IPv6 (only for IPv4)
PIM-SM Version 2—draft-ietf-pim-sm--v2-new-05
RFC 4601—PIM SM (only for IPv4)
RFC 2362 PIM-SM (Edge Mode)
RFC 3973 PIM-DM (only for IPv4)
RFC 3569—draft-ietf-ssm-arch-06.txt PIM-SSM PIM Source Specific
Multicast
