Moving forward, the UNH-IOL is working in conjunction with the IPv6 Forum to create an IPv6 Ready CPE Logo program that will help both operators and equipment manufacturers understand what features they need to support in order to aid in the worldwide deployment of IPv6. After the basic requirements are complete, new areas such as transition mechanisms and routing protocols will need to be covered in future testing.
About the UNH-IOL: Founded in 1988, the UNH-IOL provides independent, broad-based interoperability and standards conformance testing for data, telecommunications and storage networking products and technologies. Combining extensive staff experience, standards bodies' participation and a 32,000+ square foot facility, the UNH-IOL helps companies efficiently and cost effectively deliver products to the market. For more information, visit http://www.iol.unh.edu/.
About the author: Winters is a senior manager at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). He works with companies to develop broad-based, flexible testing strategies to cost effectively meet network interoperability requirements for the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), routing, and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) communities. He is also the United States Government IPv6 (USGv6) and IPv6 Ready Logo technical lead for the UNH-IOL. You can reach Winters at Email: twinters@iol.unh.edu
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