Case Studies/Projects

• WIDE Project - This project function is to deploy a "Widely Integrated Distributed Environment: a new computer environment based on operating systems and communications technology, designed to benefit the human race on a broad scale." WIDE was established in 1988 in Japan. To date it has formed the WIDE Internet, which is an experimental network used not only by researchers working directly on this project, but also by other individuals from other fields. This mini-Internet connects 140 organizations, and has Network Operations Centers not only in Japan, and San Francisco.
• KAME Project - KAME is a subproject of the WIDE project.^[1] It is a joint effort from six Japanese companies (Fujitsu Limited, Hitachi, Ltd., Toshiba Corporation, Internet Initiative Japan, Inc., Yokogawa Electric Corp., and NEC Corporation.) Its aim is to develop software applications for IPv6/IPSec for BSD variants to the world. Among other software, KAME programmers have produced SNAP, which provides experimental protocols/APIs support. Mainly used by researchers. They have also developed the KAME kit, which is a stable release of IPv6 to be used on the BSD platforms.
• TAHI Project - This is a joint project by the University of Tokyo and Yokogawa Electric Corporation. The Project research, develops, and conducts conformance and interoperability tests for IPv6. Test results are freely available on the Web. The Tahi Project, also, provides testing tools free of charge. One of these tools is the IPv6 Conformance testing tool, which is capable of defining any packet to be sent, defining any packet to be captured, and programming these actions in any order using Perl scripts.
• Internet ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) Project - This is a joint effort among, government, industry, and academy in Japan. The project's aim is to build an ITS infrastructure based on IPv6, and promote ITS-related industry and business. This will result in a state-of-the-art information and communications infrastructure to enable a system that integrates people, roads and vehicles. "The results include advanced navigation systems, the establishment of automatic toll collection systems for toll roads and the like, support for driving safety, optimization of transport management, improved efficiency for road management and so on."
• 6INIT - The aim of the IPv6 INternet IniTiative project is to promote the IPv6 multimedia and security features in Europe. It will provide native IPv6 access points and services.
• 6WINIT - There are several IPv6 projects in Europe. However, this one caught my attention because one of its testbeds will be dedicated to healthcare. The 6WINIT project will validate the introduction of the new Mobile Wireless Internet in Europe. It will investigate and validate the set-up of one of the first European operational IPv6-3G Mobile Internet initiatives, providing the 6WINIT project customers with native IPv6 access points and native IPv6 services in a 3G environment. It will concentrate on the problems raised by the mobility. It will build on existent experimental fixed IPv6 infrastructure from other initiatives. Healthcare applications to mobile IPv6 could include access from ambulances to hospital resources, and remote access for home medical care, or ambulatory clinics. According to their Web site, even though, this is a European initiative, the project has partners in North America and Asia, mainly to ensure standards compatibility and international awareness of the impacts of the standards being followed in other regions outside of Europe.
• USAGI (UniverSAl playGround for Ipv6) Project - The objective of this initiative is to develop the IPv6 mechanisms to improve its function in Linux systems.
• FreeNet6 - Viagenie, a Canadian company launched this initiative. The goal of this project is to deploy IPv6 at a large scale using configured tunnels.
• 6RENIPv6 Research and Education Networks - The 6ren promotes and encourages early production IPv6 network services to further the development of high quality, high performance, and operationally robust IPv6 networks.
• 6TAP Project - This is joint project among ESNet, Viagenie, and Canarie. It provides routing and route serving services to facilitate the 6REN participants in the U.S.
• The LONG Project - This project's objectives are to foresee and solve problems related to the design and deployment of Next Generation Networks and Advanced user applications.
• In order to achieve these goals LONG aims at integration (IPv6, different access & transport systems, transition scenarios, advanced services and applications are tested to integrate all of them into a single platform.), end-user orientation (IPv4/IPv6 clients/host interaction), and hosting real events (Isabel, a complex application is used for real events.

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