Abstract—Nowadays,manyIPbackbonenetworksadoptseparatecontrolandforwardingplanesforunicastandmulticasttrafficflows.Indeed,whileMPLS(MultiprotocolLabelSwitching)iswidelydeployedforunicasttraffic,IPmulticastistheonlyavailablesolutionforthedeliveryof“one-to-many”