MBGP Overview

• MBGP: Multiprotocol BGP (aka multicast BGP in multicast networks)

  • Defined in RFC 2283 (extensions to BGP)
  • Can carry different route types for different purposes
    • Unicast
    • Multicast
  • Both route types carried in same BGP session
  • Does not propagate multicast state information
  • Same path selection and validation rules
    • AS-Path, LocalPref, MED, …

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