RFC 9119 - Multicast Considerations over IEEE 802 Wireless Media
Abstract
Well-known issues with multicast have prevented the deployment of multicast in 802.11 (Wi-Fi)
and other local-area wireless environments. This document describes the known limitations of
wireless (primarily 802.11) Layer 2 multicast. Also described are certain multicast enhancement
features that have been specified by the IETF and by IEEE 802 for wireless media, as well as some
operational choices that can be made to improve the performance of the network. Finally, some
recommendations are provided about the usage and combination of these features and
operational choices.
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