Project Overview

Project Name: IPv6 Global Routing
Student: Shashwat Patni
Mentors: Tommaso Pecorella and Manoj Kumar Rana
Google page: Link
Project Goals: The aim of this project is to extend the functionality of GlobalRouting to Ipv6, while maintaining minimal code duplication. Global Routing is based on the OSPFv2 routing protocol and uses the Djikstra Shortest path algorithm to compute paths for a single area network configuration. The problem is that GlobalRouting doesn't work for IPv6, and that's a huge limitation. The goal of the project is to fix that limitation. Deliverables include a working implementation of Ipv6GlobalRouting which handles different Address Types in Ipv6, while also maintaining Minimal Code Duplication.
Repository: Link
About Me: I am a Pre-final year CS Undergrad student at Bits-Pilani K. K. Birla Goa Campus (BITS Pilani). I like Exploring and Tinkering with code.I am currently exploring the fields of Computer Networks and Distributed Systems. I enjoy solving problems.
Proposal: Link

Milestones

These are the current Macro Goals for the project:

Note: For each phase , the plan is to work in the following order of classes: Interface Classes -> Setup Classes -> Route Computation Classes

Phase 1:

Port existing Ipv4GlobalRouting to generic GlobalRouting
Generalize ipv4-global-routing-test-suite and global-route-manager-impl-test-suite
Create tests and verify GlobalRouting works for Ipv4 after templatization
Design Tests for Ipv6 Specific Properties for GlobalRouting
Introduce Type Aliases for IP classes

Phase 2:

Phase 3:

Duration: 8 May - 1 June