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<title abbrev='Nimrod Multicast'>Multicast Support for Nimrod :  Requirements and Solution Approaches</title>
<author initials='R.' surname='Ramanathan' fullname='Ram Ramanathan'>
<organization>BBN Systems and Technologies</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>10 Moulton Street</street>
<street>Cambridge</street>
<street>MA 02138</street></postal>
<phone>(617) 873-2736</phone>
<email>ramanath@bbn.com</email></address></author>
<date month='February' year='1997' />
<area>Routing</area>
<keyword>Nimrod</keyword>
<keyword>multicast</keyword>
<keyword>routing</keyword>
<abstract>
<t>
   Nimrod does not specify a particular solution for multicasting.
   Rather, Nimrod may use any of a number of emerging multicast
   techniques.  We identify the requirements that Nimrod has of a
   solution for multicast support.  We compare existing approaches for
   multicasting within an internetwork and discuss their advantages and
   disadvantages.  Finally, as an example, we outline the mechanisms to
   support multicast in Nimrod using the scheme currently being
   developed within the IETF - namely, the Protocol Indpendent Multicast
   (PIM) protocol.
</t></abstract></front>

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