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IETF Criteria for Evaluating Reliable Multicast Transport and Application Protocols

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Network Working Group                                          A. Mankin
Request for Comments: 2357                                       USC/ISI
Category: Informational                                       A. Romanow
                                                                     MCI
                                                              S. Bradner
                                                      Harvard University
                                                               V. Paxson
                                                                     LBL
                                                            With the TSV
                                                        Area Directorate
                                                               June 1998


       IETF Criteria for Evaluating Reliable Multicast Transport
                       and Application Protocols

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This memo describes the procedures and criteria for reviewing
   reliable multicast protocols within the Transport Area (TSV) of the
   IETF.  Within today's Internet, important applications exist for a
   reliable multicast service.  Some examples that are driving reliable
   multicast technology are collaborative workspaces (such as
   whiteboard), data and software distribution, and (more speculatively)
   web caching protocols.  Due to the nature of the technical issues, a
   single commonly accepted technical solution that solves all the
   demands for reliable multicast is likely to be infeasible [RMMinutes
   1997].

   A number of reliable multicast protocols have already been developed
   to solve a variety of problems for various types of applications.
   [Floyd97] describes one widely deployed example.  How should these
   protocols be treated within the IETF and how should the IETF guide
   the development of reliable multicast in a direction beneficial for
   the general Internet?






Mankin, et. al.              Informational
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