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26-Jan-04
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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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