Re: SSM, RTCP, SAP

[Lorenzo Vicisano <lorenzo@cisco.com>]

Marshall,

> > I don't know of anything similar for SAP, but I don't think we should
> > re-invent an ad-hoc routing protocol just for this. We should either
> > use the existing ASM multicast service, if present, or SSM + application
> > modifications (e.g. a set of relays that accept unicast SAP messages and
> > remulticast them. Relays will have all to listen to each other
> > announcements .. ect.. there are scalability concerns but seems feasible).
> > 
> 
> IMHO this should not be a new protocol - it could easily be handled at the ap
>plication layer.
> Running these relay's sounds like a commercial matter to me. I would NOT add 
>any router
> type support for this.

I had in mind an application-level solution too, no router support:
the router support is ASM, where available.

	Lorenzo