Implementation and performance analysis of an IPv6 multicast forwarder for the IXP2400 network processor

Park Woojin, Kim Inho, Lim Kyungsoo, Woo Sinam, An Sunshin

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    Abstract

    This paper describes the design and implementation of an IPv6 multicast forwarder as the preliminary step for developing a high-speed IPv6 multicast-enabled router for use in an environment where multicast packets occupy some portion of the total network traffic using the programmable IXP2400 network processor. We validate our implementation and evaluate its performance with hardware experiments. Our experimental results show that the measured forwarding rate is 86% of full line rate in the minimum IPv6 packet size and the latency of IPv6 multicast packet forwarding compared with IPv6 unicast increases 25% in average. These are due to the processing overhead of IPv6 multicast route lookup in IPv6 Multicast Forwarder microblock, the packet copy in Packet Replication microblock, and the packet buffer management in Packet TX microblock1.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings - International Conference on Information Technology-New Generations, ITNG 2007
    Pages1039-1044
    Number of pages6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007
    Event4th International Conference on Information Technology-New Generations, ITNG 2007 - Las Vegas, NV, United States
    Duration: 2007 Apr 22007 Apr 4

    Publication series

    NameProceedings - International Conference on Information Technology-New Generations, ITNG 2007

    Other

    Other4th International Conference on Information Technology-New Generations, ITNG 2007
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityLas Vegas, NV
    Period07/4/207/4/4

    Keywords

    • IPv6
    • IXP2400
    • Multicast
    • Network processor
    • Performance

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Computer Science Applications
    • Information Systems
    • Software

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