Constructing IPv6 protocol stack on Apertos

Author

Itoh, Jun-ichiro ; Yokote, Yasuhiko ; Tokoro, Mario

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Keio Univ., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

1996

fDate

27-28 Oct 1996

Firstpage

48

Lastpage

52

Abstract

The paper discusses the implementation of IPv6 protocol stack on the top of the reflective object oriented operating system, Apertos. The Internet community is working on a transition from IPv4 to a new Internet protocol, IPv6. Though IPv6 has good design choices, IPv6 is much more complex and harder to implement than IPv4. To reduce complexity and ease the implementation, the paper introduces a reflective OO method to implement protocol handlers. This can reduce the hurdles for implementation and make the software update cost cheaper

Keywords

Internet; communication complexity; network operating systems; object-oriented programming; operating systems (computers); protocols; Apertos; IPv4; IPv6 protocol stack; Internet protocol; complexity; design; protocol handlers; reflective object oriented operating system; software update cost; Broadcasting; Computer architecture; Computer science; Costs; Hardware; Internet; Laboratories; Multicast protocols; Routing; Tunneling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Object-Orientation in Operating Systems, 1996., Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

1063-5351

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7692-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWOOOS.1996.557864

Filename

557864