contiki-os/contiki — pull request #740 by g-gaston (2014-07-01 14:36:49+00:00)
Title: Add new multicast RPL forwarding engine: BMRF

This Pull Request adds an alternative multicast forwarding engine for RPL called BMRF. It is based on the ideas proposed by SMRF. It is documented here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lx3ezdsmtye7w4x/BMRF.pdf

As a summary, these are the main news:
* Bidirectional: the multicast source is not restricted to the tree root. Multicast packets can go up and down in the tree.
* Dynamic groups: subscription and unsubscription can be done in any moment.
* Flexible LL forwarding: LL unicast or LL broadcast can be used. There are three modes: only unicast, only broadcast and mixed mode (it depends on the number of subscribed children).