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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