1 Introduction

The Multicast Session Initiation Protocol specifies communication between a client and a Windows Deployment Services server to initiate a Multicast Session. It is a client/server protocol which specifies two mechanisms for the client to request initiation of a Multicast Session from the server.

Sections 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 2, and 3 of this specification are normative. All other sections and examples in this specification are informative.