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LS on initiation of new work item Q.SRv6-DPTM "Data plane test methods for devices supporting Segment Routing over IPv6”

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State Posted
Submitted Date 2026-04-27
From Group ITU-T-SG-11
From Contact tsbsg11@itu.int
To Groups spring, srv6ops
To Contacts Bruno Decraene <bruno.decraene@orange.com>
Alvaro Retana <aretana.ietf@gmail.com>
Joel Halpern <jmh@joelhalpern.com>
Weiqiang Cheng <chengweiqiang@chinamobile.com>
Dhruv Dhody <dd@dhruvdhody.com>
Dan Voyer <danvoyerwork@gmail.com>
Cc Mahesh Jethanandani <mjethanandani@gmail.com>
Joel Halpern <jmh@joelhalpern.com>
Jim Guichard <james.n.guichard@futurewei.com>
Mohamed Boucadair <mohamed.boucadair@orange.com>
Scott Mansfield <Scott.Mansfield@Ericsson.com>
Weiqiang Cheng <chengweiqiang@chinamobile.com>
Gunter Van de Velde <gunter.van_de_velde@nokia.com>
Bruno Decraene <bruno.decraene@orange.com>
Alvaro Retana <aretana.ietf@gmail.com>
Dhruv Dhody <dd@dhruvdhody.com>
Dan Voyer <danvoyerwork@gmail.com>
Source Packet Routing in Networking Discussion List <spring@ietf.org>
Ketan Talaulikar <ketant.ietf@gmail.com>
SRv6 Operations Discussion List <srv6ops@ietf.org>
Response Contact tejpal.singh70@gov.in
ccrettaz@mandint.org
martin.brand@brand-net.at
Technical Contact tejpal.singh70@gov.in
Purpose For information
Attachments Draft baseline for new work item Q.SRv6-DPTM “Data plane test methods for devices supporting Segment Routing over IPv6”
Body
ITU-T Study Group 11 would like to inform ITU-T SG15, IETF SPRING and IETF
SRv6Ops that the new work item Q.SRv6-DPTM "Data plane test methods for devices
supporting Segment Routing over IPv6" was agreed to be initiated during the
ITU-T SG11 meeting (Geneva, 3-11 March 2026).

This draft new Recommendation provides a structured set of functional test
methods for devices supporting SRv6, with the objective of verifying whether
various behaviors of devices supporting SRv6 reach the expected SRv6 functional
requirements under given test condition. It mainly covers the following
aspects: an overview of SRv6 data plane test, test methods for SRv6 endpoint
behaviors, test methods for SRv6 policy-related behaviors, and test methods for
the forwarding behaviors of services carried over SRv6.

ITU-T SG11 would like to thank IETF SPRING, IETF SRv6Ops, ITU-T SG15 for your
attention and looks forward to future cooperation on this topic.