{
  "draft": "draft-ietf-pim-sm-bsr-12",
  "doc_id": "RFC5059",
  "title": "Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)",
  "authors": [
    "N. Bhaskar",
    "A. Gall",
    "J. Lingard",
    "S. Venaas"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML",
    "PDF"
  ],
  "page_count": "42",
  "pub_status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "source": "Protocols for IP Multicast",
  "abstract": "This document specifies the Bootstrap Router (BSR) mechanism for the class of multicast routing protocols in the PIM (Protocol Independent Multicast) family that use the concept of a Rendezvous Point as a means for receivers to discover the sources that send to a particular multicast group.  BSR is one way that a multicast router can learn the set of group-to-RP mappings required in order to function.  The mechanism is dynamic, largely self-configuring, and robust to router failure. [STANDARDS-TRACK]",
  "pub_date": "January 2008",
  "keywords": [
    "rendezvous point",
    "rp",
    "multicast router"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [
    "RFC2362"
  ],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [
    "RFC4601"
  ],
  "updated_by": [
    "RFC8736",
    "RFC9436"
  ],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC5059",
  "errata_url": "https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/rfc5059"
}