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A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.

        
        RFC 7046

        Title:      A Common API for Transparent Hybrid Multicast 
        Author:     M. Waehlisch, T. Schmidt,
                    S. Venaas
        Status:     Experimental
        Stream:     IRTF
        Date:       December 2013
        Mailbox:    mw@link-lab.net, 
                    Schmidt@informatik.haw-hamburg.de, 
                    stig@cisco.com
        Pages:      41
        Characters: 85861
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-irtf-samrg-common-api-11.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7046.txt

Group communication services exist in a large variety of flavors and
technical implementations at different protocol layers.  Multicast
data distribution is most efficiently performed on the lowest
available layer, but a heterogeneous deployment status of multicast
technologies throughout the Internet requires an adaptive service
binding at runtime.  Today, it is difficult to write an application
that runs everywhere and at the same time makes use of the most
efficient multicast service available in the network.  Facing
robustness requirements, developers are frequently forced to use a
stable upper-layer protocol provided by the application itself.  This
document describes a common multicast API that is suitable for
transparent communication in underlay and overlay and that grants
access to the different flavors of multicast.  It proposes an
abstract naming scheme that uses multicast URIs, and it discusses
mapping mechanisms between different namespaces and distribution
technologies.  Additionally, this document describes the application
of this API for building gateways that interconnect current Multicast
Domains throughout the Internet.  It reports on an implementation of
the programming Interface, including service middleware.  This
document is a product of the Scalable Adaptive Multicast (SAM)
Research Group.

This document is a product of the Scalable Adaptive Multicast Research Group of the IRTF.


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Dear all,

the RFC editor has published the last document of our group today. This 
means that we close the research group formally, as it had persisted for 
clearing the publication pipeline over the last months.

Since the work in the area of hybrid adaptive multicast proceeds, we 
will keep the mailing list open. Please feel welcome to exchange ideas 
and announce new developments in this forum.

Thanks to all for the productive time!

Thomas


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [SAM] RFC 7046 on A Common API for Transparent Hybrid Multicast
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:37:58 -0800 (PST)
From: rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org
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CC: sam@irtf.org, drafts-update-ref@iana.org, rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org

A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.


         RFC 7046

         Title:      A Common API for Transparent Hybrid Multicast
         Author:     M. Waehlisch, T. Schmidt,
                     S. Venaas
         Status:     Experimental
         Stream:     IRTF
         Date:       December 2013
         Mailbox:    mw@link-lab.net,
                     Schmidt@informatik.haw-hamburg.de,
                     stig@cisco.com
         Pages:      41
         Characters: 85861
         Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

         I-D Tag:    draft-irtf-samrg-common-api-11.txt

         URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7046.txt

Group communication services exist in a large variety of flavors and
technical implementations at different protocol layers.  Multicast
data distribution is most efficiently performed on the lowest
available layer, but a heterogeneous deployment status of multicast
technologies throughout the Internet requires an adaptive service
binding at runtime.  Today, it is difficult to write an application
that runs everywhere and at the same time makes use of the most
efficient multicast service available in the network.  Facing
robustness requirements, developers are frequently forced to use a
stable upper-layer protocol provided by the application itself.  This
document describes a common multicast API that is suitable for
transparent communication in underlay and overlay and that grants
access to the different flavors of multicast.  It proposes an
abstract naming scheme that uses multicast URIs, and it discusses
mapping mechanisms between different namespaces and distribution
technologies.  Additionally, this document describes the application
of this API for building gateways that interconnect current Multicast
Domains throughout the Internet.  It reports on an implementation of
the programming Interface, including service middleware.  This
document is a product of the Scalable Adaptive Multicast (SAM)
Research Group.

This document is a product of the Scalable Adaptive Multicast Research 
Group of the IRTF.


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On 2013-12-17, at 1:21, Thomas C. Schmidt =
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> Thanks to all for the productive time!

and thank you, Thomas and John, for chairing the group!

I will now instruct the secretariat to close the group and the mailing =
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In any case, thanks to the many who participated in SAM RG over the years.

John

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Dear all,

the RFC editor has published the last document of our group today. This mea=
ns that we close the research group formally, as it had persisted for clear=
ing the publication pipeline over the last months.

Since the work in the area of hybrid adaptive multicast proceeds, we will k=
eep the mailing list open. Please feel welcome to exchange ideas and announ=
ce new developments in this forum.

Thanks to all for the productive time!

Thomas


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [SAM] RFC 7046 on A Common API for Transparent Hybrid Multicast
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:37:58 -0800 (PST)
From: rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org
To: ietf-announce@ietf.org, rfc-dist@rfc-editor.org, irtf-announce@irtf.org
CC: sam@irtf.org, drafts-update-ref@iana.org, rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org

A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.


         RFC 7046

         Title:      A Common API for Transparent Hybrid Multicast
         Author:     M. Waehlisch, T. Schmidt,
                     S. Venaas
         Status:     Experimental
         Stream:     IRTF
         Date:       December 2013
         Mailbox:    mw@link-lab.net,
                     Schmidt@informatik.haw-hamburg.de,
                     stig@cisco.com
         Pages:      41
         Characters: 85861
         Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

         I-D Tag:    draft-irtf-samrg-common-api-11.txt

         URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7046.txt

Group communication services exist in a large variety of flavors and techni=
cal implementations at different protocol layers.  Multicast data distribut=
ion is most efficiently performed on the lowest available layer, but a hete=
rogeneous deployment status of multicast technologies throughout the Intern=
et requires an adaptive service binding at runtime.  Today, it is difficult=
 to write an application that runs everywhere and at the same time makes us=
e of the most efficient multicast service available in the network.  Facing=
 robustness requirements, developers are frequently forced to use a stable =
upper-layer protocol provided by the application itself.  This document des=
cribes a common multicast API that is suitable for transparent communicatio=
n in underlay and overlay and that grants access to the different flavors o=
f multicast.  It proposes an abstract naming scheme that uses multicast URI=
s, and it discusses mapping mechanisms between different namespaces and dis=
tribution technologies.  Additionally, this document describes the applicat=
ion of this API for building gateways that interconnect current Multicast D=
omains throughout the Internet.  It reports on an implementation of the pro=
gramming Interface, including service middleware.  This document is a produ=
ct of the Scalable Adaptive Multicast (SAM) Research Group.

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