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+Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) H. Asaeda
+Request for Comments: 6636 Keio University
+Category: Informational H. Liu
+ISSN: 2070-1721 Q. Wu
+ Huawei
+ May 2012
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+ Tuning the Behavior of the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
+ and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD)
+ for Routers in Mobile and Wireless Networks
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+Abstract
+
+ The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener
+ Discovery (MLD) are the protocols used by hosts and multicast routers
+ to exchange their IP multicast group memberships with each other.
+ This document describes ways to achieve IGMPv3 and MLDv2 protocol
+ optimization for mobility and aims to become a guideline for the
+ tuning of IGMPv3/MLDv2 Queries, timers, and counter values.
+
+Status of This Memo
+
+ This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
+ published for informational purposes.
+
+ This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
+ (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
+ received public review and has been approved for publication by the
+ Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents
+ approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet
+ Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.
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+ Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
+ and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
+ http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6636.
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+Copyright Notice
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+ Copyright (c) 2012 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the
+ document authors. All rights reserved.
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+
+Table of Contents
+
+ 1. Introduction ....................................................2
+ 2. Terminology .....................................................3
+ 3. Explicit Tracking of Membership Status ..........................3
+ 4. Tuning IGMP/MLD Timers and Values ...............................4
+ 4.1. Tuning the IGMP/MLD General Query Interval .................4
+ 4.2. Tuning the IGMP/MLD Query Response Interval ................5
+ 4.3. Tuning the Last Member Query Timer (LMQT) and Last
+ Listener Query Timer (LLQT) ................................6
+ 4.4. Tuning the Startup Query Interval ..........................7
+ 4.5. Tuning the Robustness Variable .............................7
+ 4.6. Tuning Scenarios for Various Mobile IP Networks ............7
+ 5. Destination Address of a Specific Query .........................8
+ 6. Interoperability ................................................9
+ 7. Security Considerations .........................................9
+ 8. Acknowledgements ................................................9
+ 9. References .....................................................10
+ 9.1. Normative References ......................................10
+ 9.2. Informative References ....................................10
+ Appendix A. Unicasting a General Query ............................11
+
+1. Introduction
+
+ The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) [1] for IPv4 and the
+ Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) [2] protocol for IPv6 are the
+ standard protocols for hosts to initiate joining or leaving of
+ multicast sessions. These protocols must also be supported by
+ multicast routers or IGMP/MLD proxies [5] that maintain multicast
+ membership information on their downstream interfaces. Conceptually,
+ IGMP and MLD work on both wireless and mobile networks. However,
+ wireless access technologies operate on a shared medium or a point-
+ to-point link with limited spectrum and bandwidth. In many wireless
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+ regimes, it is desirable to minimize multicast-related signaling to
+ preserve the limited resources of battery-powered mobile devices and
+ the constrained transmission capacities of the networks. The motion
+ of a host may cause disruption of multicast service initiation and
+ termination in the new or previous network. Slow multicast service
+ activation following a join may incur additional delay in receiving
+ multicast packets and degrade reception quality. Slow service
+ termination triggered by a rapid departure of the mobile host without
+ first leaving the group in the previous network may waste network
+ resources.
+
+ When IGMP and MLD are used with mobile IP protocols, the proximity of
+ network entities should be considered. For example, when a
+ bidirectional tunnel is used with the mobility entities described in
+ [6] and [7], the mobile host experiences additional latency because
+ the round-trip time using a bidirectional tunnel between mobility
+ entities is larger compared to the case where a host and an upstream
+ router attach to a LAN.
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+ This document describes ways to tune IGMPv3 and MLDv2 protocol
+ behavior -- on the multicast router and proxy side -- concentrating
+ in particular on wireless and mobile networks, including the tuning
+ of queries and related timers. This selective optimization provides
+ tangible benefits to mobile hosts and routers by keeping track of the
+ membership status of downstream hosts, and of various IGMP/MLD Query
+ types and values, in order to appropriately tune the number of
+ response messages. This document does not make any changes to the
+ IGMPv3 and MLDv2 protocols and only suggests optimal settings for the
+ configurable parameters of the protocols in mobile and wireless
+ environments.
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+2. Terminology
+
+ In this document, "router" means both a multicast router and an IGMP/
+ MLD proxy.
+
+3. Explicit Tracking of Membership Status
+
+ Mobile hosts use IGMP and MLD to make a request to join or leave
+ multicast sessions. When an adjacent upstream router receives the
+ IGMP/MLD Report messages, it recognizes the membership status on the
+ link. To update the membership status reliably, the router sends
+ IGMP/MLD Query messages periodically, and sends Group-Specific and/or
+ Group-and-Source-Specific Queries when a member host reports its
+ leave. An IGMP/MLD Query is therefore necessary to obtain up-to-date
+ membership information, but a large number of the reply messages sent
+ from all member hosts may cause network congestion or consume network
+ bandwidth.
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+ The "explicit tracking function" [8] is a possible approach to reduce
+ the transmitted number of IGMP/MLD messages and contribute to the
+ efficiency of mobile communications. It enables the router to keep
+ track of the membership status of the downstream IGMPv3 or MLDv2
+ member hosts. That is, if a router enables the explicit tracking
+ function, it does not always need to request transmission of a
+ Current-State Report message from the receiver hosts, since the
+ router implicitly recognizes the (potential) last member host when it
+ receives the State-Change Report message reporting a leave. The
+ router can therefore send IGMP/MLD Group-Specific and Group-and-
+ Source-Specific Queries LMQC/LLQC times (see Section 4.3) only when
+ it recognizes that the last member has left the network. This
+ reduces the transmitted number of Current-State Report messages.
+
+ Enabling the explicit tracking function is advantageous for mobile
+ multicast, but the function requires additional processing capability
+ and, possibly, substantial memory for routers to store all membership
+ status information. This resource requirement is potentially
+ impacted, especially when a router needs to maintain a large number
+ of receiver hosts. Therefore, this document recommends that adjacent
+ upstream multicast routers enable the explicit tracking function for
+ IP multicast communications on wireless and mobile networks, if they
+ have enough resources. If operators think that their routers do not
+ have enough resources, they may disable this function on their
+ routers. Note that whether or not routers enable the explicit
+ tracking function, they need to maintain downstream membership status
+ by sending IGMPv3/MLDv2 General Query messages, as some IGMPv3/MLDv2
+ messages may be lost during transmission.
+
+4. Tuning IGMP/MLD Timers and Values
+
+4.1. Tuning the IGMP/MLD General Query Interval
+
+ IGMP and MLD are unreliable protocols; to cover the possibility of a
+ State-Change Report being missed by one or more multicast routers,
+ hosts retransmit the same State-Change Report messages ([Robustness
+ Variable] - 1) more times, at intervals chosen at random from the
+ range (0, [Unsolicited Report Interval]) [1] [2]. Although this
+ behavior increases the protocol's robustness, it does not guarantee
+ that the State-Change Report reaches the routers. Therefore, routers
+ still need to refresh their downstream membership information by
+ receiving a Current-State Report, as periodically solicited by an
+ IGMP/MLD General Query sent in the [Query Interval] period, in order
+ to enhance robustness of the host in case of link failures and packet
+ loss. This procedure also supports situations where mobile hosts are
+ powered off or moved from one network to another network managed by a
+ different router without any notification (e.g., a leave request).
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+ The [Query Interval] is the interval between General Queries sent by
+ the regular IGMPv3/MLDv2 querier; the default value is 125 seconds
+ [1] [2]. By varying the [Query Interval], multicast routers can tune
+ the number of IGMP/MLD messages on the network; larger values cause
+ IGMP/MLD Queries to be sent less often.
+
+ This document proposes a [Query Interval] value of 150 seconds by
+ changing the Querier's Query Interval Code (QQIC) field in the IGMP/
+ MLD Query message, for the case where a router that enables the
+ explicit tracking function potentially operates a large number of
+ member hosts, such as more than 200 hosts on the wireless link. This
+ longer interval value contributes to minimizing Report message
+ traffic and battery-power consumption for mobile hosts.
+
+ On the other hand, this document also proposes a [Query Interval]
+ value of 60 to 90 seconds for the case where a router that enables
+ the explicit tracking function attaches to a higher-capacity wireless
+ link. This shorter interval contributes to quick synchronization of
+ the membership information tracked by the router but may consume
+ battery power on mobile hosts.
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+ If a router does not enable the explicit tracking function, the
+ [Query Interval] value would be its default value -- 125 seconds.
+
+ In situations where Mobile IPv6 [7] is used, when the home agent
+ implements multicast router functionality and multicast data packets
+ are tunneled to and from the home agent, the home agent may want to
+ increase the query interval. This happens, for example, when the
+ home agent detects network congestion. In this case, the home agent
+ starts forwarding queries with the default [Query Interval] value and
+ increases the value in a gradual manner.
+
+4.2. Tuning the IGMP/MLD Query Response Interval
+
+ The [Query Response Interval] is the Max Response Time (or Max
+ Response Delay) used to calculate the Max Resp Code inserted into the
+ periodic General Queries. Its default value is 10 seconds, expressed
+ as "Max Resp Code=100" for IGMPv3 [1] and "Maximum Response
+ Code=10000" for MLDv2 [2]. By varying the [Query Response Interval],
+ multicast routers can tune the burstiness of IGMP/MLD messages on the
+ network; larger values make the traffic less bursty, as the hosts'
+ responses are spread out over a larger interval, but will increase
+ join latency when a State-Change Report (i.e., join request) is
+ missing.
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+ According to our experimental analysis, this document proposes two
+ scenarios for tuning the [Query Response Interval] value in different
+ wireless link conditions: one scenario is for a wireless link with
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+ lower resource capacity or a lossy link, and the other scenario is
+ for a wireless link with enough capacity or whose condition is
+ reliable enough for IGMP/MLD message transmission.
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+ Regarding the first scenario, for instance, when a multicast router
+ attaches to a bursty IEEE 802.11b link, the router configures a
+ longer [Query Response Interval] value, such as 10 to 20 (seconds).
+ This configuration will reduce congestion of the Current-State Report
+ messages on a link but may increase join latency and leave latency
+ when the unsolicited messages (State-Change Records) are lost on the
+ router. Note that as defined in Section 4.1.1 of [1], in IGMPv3, a
+ Max Resp Code larger than 128 represents the exponential values and
+ changes the granularity. For example, if one wants to set the Max
+ Response Time to 20.0 seconds, the Max Resp Code should be expressed
+ as "0b10001001", which is divided into "mant=0b1001" and "exp=0b000".
+
+ The second scenario may happen for a multicast router attaching to a
+ wireless link having higher resource capacity or to a point-to-
+ (multi-)point link such as an IEEE 802.16e link because IGMP/MLD
+ messages do not seriously affect the condition of the link. The
+ router can seek Current-State Report messages with a shorter [Query
+ Response Interval] value, such as 5 to 10 (seconds). This
+ configuration will contribute to (at some level) quickly discovering
+ non-tracked member hosts and synchronizing the membership
+ information.
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+4.3. Tuning the Last Member Query Timer (LMQT) and Last Listener Query
+ Timer (LLQT)
+
+ Shortening the Last Member Query Timer (LMQT) for IGMPv3 and the Last
+ Listener Query Timer (LLQT) for MLDv2 contributes to minimizing leave
+ latency. LMQT is represented by the Last Member Query Interval
+ (LMQI) multiplied by the Last Member Query Count (LMQC), and LLQT is
+ represented by the Last Listener Query Interval (LLQI) multiplied by
+ the Last Listener Query Count (LLQC).
+
+ While LMQI and LLQI are changeable, it is reasonable to use the
+ default value (i.e., 1 second) for LMQI and LLQI in a wireless
+ network. LMQC and LLQC, whose default value is the [Robustness
+ Variable] value, are also tunable. Therefore, LMQC and LLQC can be
+ set to "1" for routers that enable the explicit tracking function,
+ and then LMQT and LLQT are set to 1 second. However, setting LMQC
+ and LLQC to 1 increases the risk of missing the last member; LMQC and
+ LLQC ought to be set to 1 only when network operators think that
+ their wireless link is stable enough.
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+ On the other hand, if network operators think that their wireless
+ link is lossy (e.g., due to a large number of attached hosts or
+ limited resources), they can set LMQC and LLQC to "2" for their
+ routers that enable the explicit tracking function. Although bigger
+ LMQC and LLQC values may cause longer leave latency, the risk of
+ missing the last member will be reduced.
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+4.4. Tuning the Startup Query Interval
+
+ The [Startup Query Interval] is the interval between General Queries
+ sent by a querier on startup. The default value is 1/4 of [Query
+ Interval]; however, a shortened value, such as 1 second, would help
+ contribute to shortening handover delay for mobile hosts in, for
+ example, the base solution with Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6) [9]. Note
+ that the [Startup Query Interval] is a static value and cannot be
+ changed by any external signal. Therefore, operators who maintain
+ routers and wireless links need to properly configure this value.
+
+4.5. Tuning the Robustness Variable
+
+ To cover the possibility of unsolicited reports being missed by
+ multicast routers, unsolicited reports are retransmitted ([Robustness
+ Variable] - 1) more times, at intervals chosen at random from the
+ defined range [1] [2]. The QRV (Querier's Robustness Variable) field
+ in the IGMP/MLD Query contains the [Robustness Variable] value used
+ by the querier. The default [Robustness Variable] value defined in
+ IGMPv3 [1] and MLDv2 [2] is "2".
+
+ This document proposes "2" for the [Robustness Variable] value for
+ mobility when a router attaches to a wireless link having lower
+ resource capacity or a large number of hosts. For a router that
+ attaches to a higher-capacity wireless link known to be reliable,
+ retransmitting the same State-Change Report message is not required;
+ hence, the router sets the [Robustness Variable] to "1".
+
+4.6. Tuning Scenarios for Various Mobile IP Networks
+
+ In mobile IP networks, IGMP and MLD are used with three deployment
+ scenarios: (1) running directly between a host and access router on a
+ wireless network, (2) running between a host and home router through
+ a tunnel link, and (3) running between a home router and foreign
+ router through a tunnel link.
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+ When a receiver host connects directly through a wireless link to a
+ foreign access router or a home router, the tuning of the IGMP/MLD
+ protocol parameters should be the same as suggested in the previous
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+ sections. The example of this scenario occurs when in PMIPv6 [6],
+ the mobile access gateway, whose role is similar to a foreign router,
+ acts as a multicast router or proxy.
+
+ The second scenario occurs when a bidirectional tunnel established
+ between a host and home router is used to exchange IGMP/MLD messages
+ [7] [10]. Tuning the parameters is difficult in this situation
+ because the condition of the tunnel link is diverse and changeable.
+ When a host is far away from the home router, the transmission delay
+ between the two entities may be longer and the packet delivery may be
+ more unreliable. Thus, the effects of IGMP/MLD message transmission
+ through a tunnel link ought to be considered when parameters are set.
+ For example, the [Query Interval] and [Query Response Interval] could
+ be set shorter to compensate for transmission delay, and the
+ [Robustness Variable] could be increased to compensate for possible
+ packet loss.
+
+ The third scenario occurs in [9], in which the mobile access gateway
+ (i.e., foreign router) acts as the IGMP/MLD Proxy [5] in PMIPv6 [6].
+ Through the bidirectional tunnel established with the local mobility
+ anchor (i.e., home router), the mobile access gateway sends summary
+ reports of its downstream member hosts to the local mobility anchor.
+ Apart from the distance factor, which influences the parameter
+ setting, the [Query Response Interval] on the local mobility anchor
+ could be set to a smaller value because the number of mobile access
+ gateways is much smaller compared to the number of hosts, and the
+ chance of packet burst is low for the same reason. Additionally, the
+ power consumption due to a lower query interval is not an issue for
+ the mobile access gateways because the mobile access gateways are
+ usually not battery-powered.
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+ Ideally, the IGMP/MLD querier router adjusts its parameter settings
+ according to the actual mobile IP network conditions to benefit
+ service performance and resource utilization. It would be desirable
+ for a home router to determine the aforementioned timers and values
+ according to the delay between the initiating IGMP/MLD Query and the
+ responding IGMP/MLD Report. However, describing how these timers and
+ values can be dynamically adjusted is out of scope for this document.
+
+5. Destination Address of a Specific Query
+
+ IGMP/MLD Group-Specific and Group-and-Source-Specific Queries defined
+ in [1] and [2] are sent to verify whether there are hosts that desire
+ reception of the specified group or a set of sources, or to rebuild
+ the desired reception state for a particular group or a set of
+ sources. These specific queries build and refresh the multicast
+ membership state of hosts on an attached network.
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+ Group-Specific Queries are sent with an IP destination address equal
+ to the multicast address of interest, as defined in [1] and [2].
+ Using the multicast group of interest in the specific query is
+ preferred in this environment because hosts that do not join the
+ multicast session do not pay attention to these specific queries, and
+ only active member hosts that have been receiving multicast contents
+ with the specified address reply to IGMP/MLD Reports.
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+6. Interoperability
+
+ IGMPv3 [1] and MLDv2 [2] provide the ability for hosts to report
+ source-specific subscriptions. With IGMPv3/MLDv2, a mobile host can
+ specify a channel of interest, using multicast group and source
+ addresses in its join request. Upon its reception, the upstream
+ router that supports IGMPv3/MLDv2 establishes the shortest-path tree
+ toward the source without coordinating a shared tree. This function
+ is called the source-filtering function and is required to support
+ Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) [3].
+
+ Recently, the Lightweight IGMPv3 (LW-IGMPv3) and Lightweight MLDv2
+ (LW-MLDv2) [4] protocols have been defined as the proposed standard
+ protocols in the IETF. These protocols provide protocol simplicity
+ for mobile hosts and routers, as they eliminate a complex state
+ machine from the full versions of IGMPv3 and MLDv2 and promote the
+ opportunity to implement SSM in mobile communications.
+
+ This document assumes that both multicast routers and mobile hosts
+ are IGMPv3/MLDv2 capable, regardless of whether the protocols are the
+ full or lightweight version. This document does not consider
+ interoperability with older protocol versions. One of the reasons
+ for this lack of interoperability with older IGMP/MLD protocols is
+ that the explicit tracking function does not work properly with older
+ IGMP/MLD protocols because of a report-suppression mechanism; a host
+ would not send a pending IGMP/MLD Report if a similar report was sent
+ by another listener on the link.
+
+7. Security Considerations
+
+ This document neither provides new functions nor modifies the
+ standard functions defined in [1], [2], and [4]. Therefore, no
+ additional security considerations are provided.
+
+8. Acknowledgements
+
+ Luis M. Contreras, Marshall Eubanks, Gorry Fairhurst, Dirk von Hugo,
+ Imed Romdhani, Behcet Sarikaya, Stig Venaas, Jinwei Xia, and others
+ provided many constructive and insightful comments.
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+9. References
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+9.1. Normative References
+
+ [1] Cain, B., Deering, S., Kouvelas, I., Fenner, B., and A.
+ Thyagarajan, "Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 3",
+ RFC 3376, October 2002.
+
+ [2] Vida, R., Ed., and L. Costa, Ed., "Multicast Listener Discovery
+ Version 2 (MLDv2) for IPv6", RFC 3810, June 2004.
+
+ [3] Holbrook, H. and B. Cain, "Source-Specific Multicast for IP",
+ RFC 4607, August 2006.
+
+ [4] Liu, H., Cao, W., and H. Asaeda, "Lightweight Internet Group
+ Management Protocol Version 3 (IGMPv3) and Multicast Listener
+ Discovery Version 2 (MLDv2) Protocols", RFC 5790,
+ February 2010.
+
+9.2. Informative References
+
+ [5] Fenner, B., He, H., Haberman, B., and H. Sandick, "Internet
+ Group Management Protocol (IGMP) / Multicast Listener Discovery
+ (MLD)-Based Multicast Forwarding ("IGMP/MLD Proxying")",
+ RFC 4605, August 2006.
+
+ [6] Gundavelli, S., Ed., Leung, K., Devarapalli, V., Chowdhury, K.,
+ and B. Patil, "Proxy Mobile IPv6", RFC 5213, August 2008.
+
+ [7] Perkins, C., Ed., Johnson, D., and J. Arkko, "Mobility Support
+ in IPv6", RFC 6275, July 2011.
+
+ [8] Asaeda, H. and N. Leymann, "IGMP/MLD-Based Explicit Membership
+ Tracking Function for Multicast Routers", Work in Progress,
+ April 2012.
+
+ [9] Schmidt, T., Waehlisch, M., and S. Krishnan, "Base Deployment
+ for Multicast Listener Support in Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6)
+ Domains", RFC 6224, April 2011.
+
+ [10] Perkins, C., Ed., "IP Mobility Support for IPv4, Revised",
+ RFC 5944, November 2010.
+
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+ This appendix describes the possible IGMP and MLD protocol extensions
+ for further optimization in mobile and wireless environments. It
+ might be beneficial to include the following considerations when a
+ newer version or modification of IGMP and MLD protocols is considered
+ in the future.
+
+ IGMPv3 and MLDv2 specifications [1] [2] explain that a host must
+ accept and process any query whose IP Destination Address field
+ contains any of the addresses (unicast or multicast) assigned to the
+ interface on which the query arrives. In general, the all-hosts
+ multicast address (224.0.0.1) or link-scope all-nodes multicast
+ address (ff02::1) is used as the IP destination address of an IGMP/
+ MLD General Query. On the other hand, according to [1] and [2], a
+ router may be able to unicast a General Query to the tracked member
+ hosts in [Query Interval], if the router keeps track of membership
+ information (Section 3).
+
+ Unicasting an IGMP/MLD General Query would reduce the drain on the
+ battery power of mobile hosts, as only the active hosts that have
+ been receiving multicast contents respond to the unicast IGMP/MLD
+ General Query messages and non-active hosts do not need to pay
+ attention to the IGMP/MLD Query messages. This also allows the
+ upstream router to proceed with fast leaves (or shorten leave
+ latency) by setting LMQC/LLQC smaller because, ideally, the router
+ can immediately converge and update the membership information.
+
+ However, there is a concern regarding the unicast General Query: if a
+ multicast router sends a General Query "only" by unicast, it cannot
+ discover potential member hosts whose join requests were lost. Since
+ the hosts do not retransmit the same join requests (i.e., unsolicited
+ Report messages), they lose the chance to join the channels unless
+ the upstream router asks for membership information by sending a
+ multicast General Query. This concern will be solved by using both
+ unicast and multicast General Queries and configuring the [Query
+ Interval] timer value for multicast General Query and the [Unicast
+ Query Interval] timer value for unicast General Query. However,
+ using two different timers for General Queries would require a
+ protocol extension that is beyond the scope of this document. If a
+ router does not distinguish multicast and unicast General Query
+ Intervals, the router should only use and enable multicast General
+ Queries.
+
+ Also, the unicast General Query does not remove the need for the
+ multicast General Query. The multicast General Query is necessary
+ for updating membership information if the information is not
+ correctly synchronized due to missing reports. Therefore, the
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+ unicast General Query should not be used for an implementation that
+ does not allow the configuration of different query interval timers
+ such as [Query Interval] and [Unicast Query Interval]. If a router
+ does not distinguish these multicast and unicast General Query
+ Intervals, the router should only use and enable multicast General
+ Queries.
+
+Authors' Addresses
+
+ Hitoshi Asaeda
+ Keio University
+ Graduate School of Media and Governance
+ 5322 Endo
+ Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0882
+ Japan
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+ EMail: asaeda@wide.ad.jp
+ URI: http://www.sfc.wide.ad.jp/~asaeda/
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+ Hui Liu
+ Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
+ Building Q14, No. 156, Beiqing Rd.
+ Beijing 100095
+ China
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+ EMail: helen.liu@huawei.com
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+ Qin Wu
+ Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
+ 101 Software Avenue
+ Yuhua District
+ Nanjing, Jiangsu 210012
+ China
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+ EMail: bill.wu@huawei.com
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