US 10,382,281 B1 · Rule based IPv4 to IPv6 migration assisting framework

Abstract

A method and system for rule based Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) migration assisting framework is disclosed. The method provides guidance and assistance for migrating a product, a system or the like to IPv6. The method views across the complete development life cycle, not restricting only to the impacted code base of the system artifacts. The method scans the system artifacts for IPv4 dependency detection and then provides IPv4 Dependency Removal Effort Estimation (IDRE). The IPv4 dependency detection is based on predefined Meta-rules constructed with respect to the context of product. The IDRE combines Analysis Effort (AE) and Project Execution Effort (PEE) to provide a user and/or the organization order of magnitude estimate based on the assessment of IPv4 dependencies, level of coupling with IPv4 dependencies against different parts of the system artifacts.

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Dependent claims

A method for assisting migration of a network from Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), wherein said method comprises:

defining a meta rule base comprising a plurality of rules for assisting said migration of a plurality of system artifacts associated with said network;
constructing a context specific rule bank from said rule based meta rule base for each of said plurality of system artifacts;
detecting a plurality of IPv4 dependencies in each of said plurality of system artifacts using corresponding context specific rule bank;
and
calculating an IPv4 Dependency Removal Effort Estimation (IDRE) for each of said plurality of system artifacts based on said detected IPv4 dependencies.

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A system for assisting migration of a network from Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), the system comprising a hardware processor and memory that is configured for:

defining a meta rule base comprising a plurality of rules for assisting said migration of a plurality of system artifacts associated with said network using a IPv6 migration assistance framework;
constructing a context specific rule bank from said meta rule base for each of said plurality of system artifacts using said IPv6 migration assistance framework;
detecting a plurality of IPv4 dependencies in each of said plurality of system artifacts using corresponding context specific rule bank using said IPv6 migration assistance framework;
and
calculating an IPv4 Dependency Removal Effort Estimation (IDRE) for each of said plurality of system artifacts based on said detected IPv4 dependencies using said IPv6 migration assistance framework.

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Rule based IPv4 to IPv6 migration assisting framework

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