Abstract state machine based next generation IPv6 network

We show the design of a network processing system in an IPv6 based media gateway based on abstract state machine (ASM) logic and show how the design features may help in scalability realization for end-to-end QoS issues in next generation networks. The novelty of the approach lies in the formal algorithmic definition of the processing hardware and generation of physical design unit from the data-driven algorithm function computation at compile time. The design in this paper is used to build an implementation prototype of an IPv6 media gateway with a feature of MPEG4 BIFS-MPEG4 LASeR transcoding, standardization activities of which are being currently pursued at the ISO MPEG MDS.