{"draft":"","doc_id":"RFC2362","title":" Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification ","authors":["D. Estrin","D. Farinacci","A. Helmy","D. Thaler","S. Deering","M. Handley","V. Jacobson","C. Liu","P. Sharma","L. Wei"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"66","pub_status":"EXPERIMENTAL","status":"EXPERIMENTAL","source":"Inter-Domain Multicast Routing","abstract":" This document describes a protocol for efficiently routing to multicast groups that may span wide-area (and inter-domain) internets.  This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.  It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.  ","pub_date":"May 1998","keywords":["PIM-SM","Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode","routing","message","type","timers","flags"],"obsoletes":["RFC2117"],"obsoleted_by":["RFC4601","RFC5059"],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC2362","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc2362"}