| 7761 | Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)B. Fenner, M. Handley, H. Holbrook, I. Kouvelas, R. Parekh, Z. Zhang, L. Zheng | Internet Standard | March 2016 |
| 7063 | Survey Report on Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Implementations and DeploymentsL. Zheng, J. Zhang, R. Parekh | Informational | December 2013 |
| 5796 | Authentication and Confidentiality in Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Link-Local MessagesW. Atwood, S. Islam, M. Siami | Proposed Standard | March 2010 |
| 5773 | Analysis of Inter-Domain Routing Requirements and HistoryE. Davies, A. Doria | Historic | February 2010 |
| 5757 | Multicast Mobility in Mobile IP Version 6 (MIPv6): Problem Statement and Brief SurveyT. Schmidt, M. Waehlisch, G. Fairhurst | Informational | February 2010 |
| 5059 | Bootstrap Router (BSR) Mechanism for Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)N. Bhaskar, A. Gall, J. Lingard, S. Venaas | Proposed Standard | January 2008 |
| 4602 | Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) IETF Proposed Standard Requirements AnalysisT. Pusateri | Informational | August 2006 |
| 4601 | Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM): Protocol Specification (Revised)B. Fenner, M. Handley, H. Holbrook, I. Kouvelas · obsoleted by RFC 7761 | Proposed Standard | August 2006 |
| 4562 | MAC-Forced Forwarding: A Method for Subscriber Separation on an Ethernet Access NetworkT. Melsen, S. Blake | Informational | June 2006 |
| 3973 | Protocol Independent Multicast - Dense Mode (PIM-DM): Protocol Specification (Revised)A. Adams, J. Nicholas, W. Siadak | Experimental | January 2005 |
| 3913 | Border Gateway Multicast Protocol (BGMP): Protocol SpecificationD. Thaler | Historic | September 2004 |
| 3791 | Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Routing Area Standards Track and Experimental DocumentsC. Olvera, P. Nesser, II | Informational | June 2004 |
| 3754 | IP Multicast in Differentiated Services (DS) NetworksR. Bless, K. Wehrle | Informational | April 2004 |
| 3740 | The Multicast Group Security ArchitectureT. Hardjono, B. Weis | Informational | March 2004 |
| 3618 | Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)B. Fenner, Ed., D. Meyer, Ed. | Experimental | October 2003 |
| 3569 | An Overview of Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)S. Bhattacharyya, Ed. | Informational | July 2003 |
| 3488 | Cisco Systems Router-port Group Management Protocol (RGMP)I. Wu, T. Eckert | Informational | March 2003 |
| 3446 | Anycast Rendevous Point (RP) mechanism using Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) and Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)D. Kim, D. Meyer, H. Kilmer, D. Farinacci | Informational | January 2003 |
| 3353 | Overview of IP Multicast in a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) EnvironmentD. Ooms, B. Sales, W. Livens, A. Acharya, F. Griffoul, F. Ansari | Informational | August 2002 |
| 2992 | Analysis of an Equal-Cost Multi-Path AlgorithmC. Hopps | Informational | November 2000 |
| 2991 | Multipath Issues in Unicast and Multicast Next-Hop SelectionD. Thaler, C. Hopps | Informational | November 2000 |
| 2934 | Protocol Independent Multicast MIB for IPv4K. McCloghrie, D. Farinacci, D. Thaler, B. Fenner | Experimental | October 2000 |
| 2932 | IPv4 Multicast Routing MIBK. McCloghrie, D. Farinacci, D. Thaler · obsoleted by RFC 5132 | Proposed Standard | October 2000 |
| 2902 | Overview of the 1998 IAB Routing WorkshopS. Deering, S. Hares, C. Perkins, R. Perlman | Informational | August 2000 |
| 2764 | A Framework for IP Based Virtual Private NetworksB. Gleeson, A. Lin, J. Heinanen, G. Armitage, A. Malis | Informational | February 2000 |
| 2715 | Interoperability Rules for Multicast Routing ProtocolsD. Thaler | Informational | October 1999 |
| 2365 | Administratively Scoped IP MulticastD. Meyer | Best Current Practice | July 1998 |