scope:

This Recommendation | International Standard specifies the Relayed Multicast Protocol part 3 (RMCP-3). The RMCP-3 is an application-layer multicast protocol that supports capability of many-to-many multicast data delivery. The RMCP- 3 constructs a relayed multicast tree used to deliver data from many-to-many multicast-based services. Through the realization of the RMCP-3, it is possible to support capability of many-to-many multicast data delivery in both IP-based unicast and multicast network environment.

This Recommendation | International Standard specifies the followings:

a) Describe the entities, control, and data delivery models of RMCP-3;

b) Describe the protocol operation of RMCP-3 for many-to-many multicast data delivery; and

c) Define messages and parameters of RMCP-3.