Mbus, Message Bus

Protocol suite:	TCP/IP.
Type:	Application layer protocol.
Port:	47000 (UDP).
Working groups:	mmusic, Multiparty Multimedia Session Control.

RFC 3259:

Mbus is a lightweight message-oriented coordination protocol for group communication between application components. The Mbus provides automatic location of communication peers, subject based addressing, reliable message transfer and different types of communication schemes. The protocol is layered on top of IP multicast and is specified for IPv4 and IPv6. The IP multicast scope is limited to link-local multicast. This document specifies the Mbus protocol, i.e., message syntax, addressing and transport mechanisms.

MAC header

IP header

UDP header

Mbus packet

Packet format:

Glossary:

RFCs:

[RFC 3259] A Message Bus for Local Coordination.