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The first objective of the Euro6IX
project is to research an appropriate architecture to design and
deploy the first Pan-European non-commercial IPv6 Internet Exchange
(IX) Network. It will connect several regional neutral IPv6 Internet
Exchange points across Europe, and achieve the same level of robustness
and service quality as currently offered by IPv4 Internet Exchange
Networks. That is:
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- To research and design a native IPv6 network which follows
the hierarchical architecture of the global Internet by including:
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1. A set of regional native IPv6 Internet Exchanges;
2. A core network to interconnect the exchanges;
3. A second/access level of nodes, for ISPs, sites, corporations
and users.
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- To deploy the native IPv6 network based on the proposed architecture:
- To test, tune and improve the main protocols, algorithms and
techniques needed to deploy and operate the network and the
advanced services.
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The involvement of the major/incumbent European Telcos
in this project, covering also the bigger areas that have a higher
Internet user growth rate, reflects the strategic importance of
the fast and timely introduction of IPv6 in Europe.
The second objective is to use the deployed IPv6 IX infrastructure
to research, test and validate IPv6-based applications and services,
such as:
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- Investigations on the maturity of advanced IPv6 network services,
as well as the feasibility of their inclusion in the Euro6IX
test-bed, for example CoS/QoS, Mobility, Anycast and multicast,
security, multihoming, renumbering, and policy languages.
- The development, porting, adaptation, or enhancement of IPv6
enabled applications, which will be made available for project
trials and to third parties.
- The research of the legal implications of the project related
to users, networks, and service providers addressing, personal
data protection, and privacy concerns about IPv6 addressing.
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As a third objective, the network built within
the Euro6IX project will be open to specific user groups (existing
and to be created), who will be connecting to the Euro6IX network
by means of a variety of access technologies – mobile, xDSL, cable
– and internetworking with legacy IPv4 networks and services, to
test the performance of future IPv6 networks, and non-commercial
native IPv6 advanced services and applications. The network’s Acceptable
Use Policy (AUP) excludes the possibility of carrying commercial
traffic.
The network will be used and tested by the user groups to validate
and assess the feasibility, features and potential of the Next Generation
Internet through daily, routine use of the services, internal trials
and also in highly visible events and public trials.
The fourth objective of the project will be dissemination,
liaison and coordination with clusters, fora, standards organizations
(e.g. the IETF and RIPE) and third parties, with particular consideration
for interworking and coordination with peer projects, such as GÉANT,
6WINIT, LONG, MIND, 6NET and any other projects related to our work,
that might be available during the Euro6IX project lifetime.
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