Terminology for BIER

Terms

Term

Definition

BIER

Bit Index Explicit Replication.

BFR

BIER forwarding router.

BIER domain

A network consisting of BFRs.

BIER sub-domain

One BIER domain can be divided into multiple BIER sub-domains.

BFR-ID

ID of an edge router in a BIER sub-domain. For example, on a network with less than 256 edge BFRs, the value of BFR-ID ranges from 1 to 256.

PTA

PMSI Tunnel attribute.

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acronym and Abbreviation

Full Name

BIER

Bit Index Explicit Replication

BFR

BIER forwarding router

BFR-ID

BFR identifier

PTA

PMSI Tunnel attribute

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