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Title : Protocol Independent Multicast ECMP Redirect
Author(s) : Yiqun Cai
Liming Wei
Heidi Ou
Vishal Arya
Sunil Jethwani
Filename : draft-ietf-pim-ecmp-02.txt
Pages : 11
Date : 2012-02-02
A PIM router uses the RPF procedure to select an upstream interface
and router to build forwarding state. When there are equal cost
multiple paths (ECMP), existing implementations often use hash
algorithms to select a path. Such algorithms do not allow the spread
of traffic among the ECMPs according to administrative metrics. This
usually leads to inefficient or ineffective use of network resources.
This document introduces the ECMP Redirect, a mechanism to improve
the RPF procedure over ECMPs. It allows ECMP path selection to be
based on administratively selected metrics, such as data transmission
delays, path preferences and routing metrics.
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