The IESG has received a request from the Protocol Independent Multicast WG (pim) to consider the following document: - 'Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)' <draft-ietf-pim-rfc4601bis-03.txt> as Internet Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2015-02-27. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This document specifies Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM). PIM-SM is a multicast routing protocol that can use the underlying unicast routing information base or a separate multicast- capable routing information base. It builds unidirectional shared trees rooted at a Rendezvous Point (RP) per group, and optionally creates shortest-path trees per source. This document addresses errata filed against RFC 4601, and removes the optional (*,*,RP) feature that lacks sufficient deployment experience. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-pim-rfc4601bis/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-pim-rfc4601bis/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
