Steve Randall

Dieter Hogrefe

Anthony Wiles

ETSI Test Specifications for IPv6 Protocols

OCG#2316-17 June 2004, Sophia Antipolis

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EC/EFTA Funded IPv6 Testing

Introduction to MTS-IPT IPv6 Testing Project Overview

Past Present Future

Issues related to the IPv6 Testing Project

Meeting the needs of other TBs Funding

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ETSI TC-MTS IP Testing Group (IPT)

Mandate to develop generic test specifications

IPT main focus

Methodologies and techniques for IP testing

Development of test specifications for IP and IP-related technologies

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IPv6 Testing Project

Project Overview

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Project Overview ETSI Testing IPv6 - Why?!

Response to ETSI members’ needs

To satisfy the European Commission’s mandate

To add value to the IPv6 Forum’s label program “IPv6 Ready”

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Project Overview ETSI Members’ Needs

Provide publicly available, no-cost, standardized IPv6 test specifications in a standard testing language based upon:

RFC requirements Industry practice requirements Other requirements (ETSI-specific, IPv6 logo-specific)

Provide a framework for efficient development within ETSI of future IPv6 test specifications such as 3G and NGN

Note: This project will not write 3G or NGN test suites

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Project Overview The European Commission’s Mandate

Complement IPv6-dependent initiatives for e-Government, e-Business, e-Health, e-Learning, and e-Procurement

Provide a key element in ensuring deployment, interoperability, security, and reliability of the IPv6 infrastructure;

Provide an even stronger European representation in the IPv6 Forum’s “IPv6 Ready” label program

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Project Overview Adding Value to “IPv6 Ready” Program

Publicly available, no-cost, standardized test specifications that the user can extend

Interoperability and conformance tests for both mandatory and optional requirements

Flexible basis on which specific testing implementations can be built

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Project OverviewEC/EFTA Funding

Project proposal submitted by MTS under eEurope program

50/50 funding ETSI – EC/EFTA

Member States and DG Information Society have expressed their strong support

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Project Overview Five Work Packages

WP 1: IPv6 TTCN-3 Test Development Framework WP 2: IPv6 Core test specifications

WP 3: IPv6 IPv6 Security (IPSEC) test specifications WP 4: IPv6 IPv6 Mobility test specifications WP 5: IPv6 IPv6 Transitioning test specifications

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Project OverviewIPv6 Project Timeline

September March September March September

2004 2005 2006

STF256 WP1: Framework

WP2: Core

WP3: Security

WP4: Mobility

WP5: Transitioning

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IPv6 Project IssuesMeeting the Needs of Others

Output of the project will be: a “library” of testing specifications a development framework within which library

modules can be used to build specific test suites a mechanism for selecting and characterizing tests

Inputs to the project will be: IETF RFCs Generic requirements of 3GPP and ETSI TBs

interested in IPv6 Current industry practice Interests and experience of the IPv6 Forum

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IPv6 Project IssuesFunding

EC/EFTA expects ETSI’s 50% to include technical effort as well as meeting time

For good project management, this effort must be given as STF Expert time

MTS fortunate to have significant voluntary expert time offered by its members for first two Work Packages

Future eEurope projects may need to ask for funds from FWP

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Points for Further Discussion

What is the basis for asking for future EC/EFTA funding? Do we take EC funds as a sub-contractor purely to

satisfy EC needs? or Do we seek co-funding from the EC for projects which

are of specific interest to ETSI?

If the latter, how will we fund the 50% contribution that ETSI will be expected to make? Purely voluntary effort? FWP/PTCC? Other?