IP-in-IPv6 Overlay Networking Technology for a Terabit-class Super-network

Accession number;04A0265961
Title;IP-in-IPv6 Overlay Networking Technology for a Terabit-class Super-network
Author; NARUSE Y (Ntt Information Sharing Platform Lab., Masashino-shi, Jpn) YAGI T (Ntt Information Sharing Platform Lab., Masashino-shi, Jpn) MATSUI K (Ntt Information Sharing Platform Lab., Masashino-shi, Jpn) MURAYAMA J (Ntt Information Sharing Platform Lab., Masashino-shi, Jpn)
Journal Title;NTT Tech Rev
Journal Code:F0282C
ISSN:1348-3447
VOL.2;NO.3;PAGE.21-31(2004)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.12, REF.7
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;English
Abstract;This paper proposes IP-in-IPv6 overlay networking technology for a terabit-class super-network as a provider network to offer Internet protocol virtual private network (IP-VPN) services. In the conventional architecture based on BGP/MPLS IP-VPNs (BGP: border gateway protocol, MPLS: multiprotocol label switching), the number of provider edge routers that can be accommodated is limited to about one hundred. The scalability target of this network is to accommodate a thousand provider edge routers. In our solution, IPv6 is deployed as a provider network protocol and VPNs are laid over the IPv6 network. In addition, legacy connectionless forwarding and new address management techniques are applied to the network. As a result, our proposal economically achieves scalability and provides value-added functions such as VPN, load balancing, and multi-grade security. (author abst.)