Field Tests
The field tests are divided into two phases; a first phase that establishes
connectivity between NRNs and the final phase that allows experiments with
the three different types of connectivity services that are expected by
a future TEN-155 IPv6 production service:
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NRN connectivity
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General connectivity
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Backup connectivity
The tests are purposely specified to make no assumptions about the types
of addresses that can be allocated for the test, nor the amount of equipment
that is available within the backbone. The test descriptions will be adjusted
to add more detail when address availability and equipment availability
are resolved.
NRN connectivity
The purpose of this test is to experiment with setting up basic connectivity
between the different NRNs. The figure below depicts the setup in terms
of router advertisements.
The primary goal is to establish native IPv6 connectivity between the
different participants, thereby enabling pan-europeen IPv6 research over
a production like service. An important result of this phase is the establishment
of the test infrastructure that will be used throughout the remaining field
tests.
The connectivity will be established by creating a IPv6 peering and
forwarding point within the TEN-155 backbone. This configuration will establish
native IPv6 connectivity between any two participants, utilizing only a
single PVC per participant.
General and Backup connectivity
