A Research on IPv6/IPv4-Based Network Performance Test

AbstractWith a thorough investigation of analysis parameters and methods on network performance, feasible ways to measure and to analyze IPv6 network performance are explored and put forward. Experiments in this research, in which Fluk is deployed as protocol analyzer and D-ITG as grouped transmitting source, are conducted in measuring roughness of IPv6 network performance. Results of these experiments are recorded. In addition, a network performance test instrument called NPT4/6 is designed and then used in testing IPv6 dual-stack and IPv6/Ipv4 tunnel. Major performance indexes in network-internal links, such as RTT, loss rate, and route capacity etc, are analyzed. Measurement results provide evidence to the current suspect of IPv6 tunnel performance