Implementation Issues for IPv6 Software Forwarding in Routing System

Author

Kang, Hyun Joo ; Ahn, Yoon Young ; Kim, Sung Hei ; Yae, Byung Ho

Author_Institution

Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Seoul

Volume

3

fYear

2006

fDate

20-22 Feb. 2006

Firstpage

2135

Lastpage

2138

Abstract

This paper considers software forwarding intending as the short solution for deploying IPv6 feature in the routing system which has already IPv4 hardware forwarding function. Linux kernel forwards IPv6 packet through looking up the routing table being made from upper software blocks. Essentially we had to change each interface setup, forwarding base management and neighbor information control scheme. Considering the amount of current IPv6 traffic, the performance of IPv6 software forwarding is acceptable and this work is prototype for deploying IPv6 hardware forwarding

Keywords

IP networks; Linux; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; IPv4 hardware forwarding function; IPv6 software forwarding; Linux kernel; routing system; Application software; Communication system traffic control; Computer architecture; Hardware; Packet switching; Protocols; Routing; Search engines; Software prototyping; Switches; IPv6; Routing System; Software Forwarding;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Communication Technology, 2006. ICACT 2006. The 8th International Conference

Conference_Location

Phoenix Park

Print_ISBN

89-5519-129-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICACT.2006.206421

Filename

1626026