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2. Multicast addressing
2.1 Multicast group concept
IP multicast is based on the notion of a group. A multicast group identifies a set of receivers who are interested in receiving a particular data stream. This group has no limit:
physical or geographical: multicast terminals can be located on any Internet network;
numeric: the size of a multicast group can vary from a single terminal to all the terminals in the IP multicast network.
Terminals interested in receiving traffic must join the group using IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol ) for IPv4 terminals, or MLD (Multicast Listener Discovery ) for IPv6 terminals. A terminal must be a member of a group to receive a given multicast stream....
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Multicast addressing
Multicast group subscription/termination protocols
IETF standards (RFC)
[RFC-1075] Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol, D. Waitzman, C. Partridge, S. Deering, November 1988.
[RFC-1112] Host Extensions for IP Multicasting, S. Deering, August 1989.
[RFC-1584] Multicast Extensions to OSPF, J. Moy, March 1994.
[RFC-2189] Core Based Trees (CBT version 2) Multicast Routing, A. Ballardie; September 1997....
Other references
Adresses multicast http://www.iana.org/assignments/multicast-addresses IPv4 permanentes
Adresses multicast http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-multicast-addresses...
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