▁F . C . ▁players ▁Category : Sh ang hai ▁Sh en h ua ▁F . C . ▁players ▁Category : Be ij ing ▁B SU ▁F . C . ▁players ▁Category : Me iz hou ▁H ak ka ▁F . C . ▁players <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁ 6 bone ▁was ▁a ▁test bed ▁for ▁Internet ▁Pro tocol ▁version ▁ 6 ; ▁it ▁was ▁an ▁out g row th ▁of ▁the ▁I ET F ▁IP ng ▁project ▁that ▁created ▁the ▁IP v 6 ▁protocol s ▁intended ▁to ▁eventually ▁replace ▁the ▁current ▁Internet ▁network ▁layer ▁protocol s ▁known ▁as ▁IP v 4 . ▁The ▁ 6 bone ▁was ▁started ▁outside ▁the ▁official ▁I ET F ▁process ▁at ▁the ▁March ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁I ET F ▁meet ings , ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁world wide ▁inform al ▁collabor ative ▁project , ▁with ▁event ual ▁o vers ight ▁from ▁the ▁" NG trans " ▁( IP v 6 ▁Trans ition ) ▁Working ▁Group ▁of ▁the ▁I ET F . ▁ ▁The ▁original ▁mission ▁of ▁the ▁ 6 bone ▁was ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁network ▁to ▁fost er ▁the ▁development , ▁testing , ▁and ▁deployment ▁of ▁IP v 6 ▁using ▁a ▁model ▁to ▁be ▁based ▁upon ▁the ▁experiences ▁from ▁the ▁M bone , ▁hence ▁the ▁name ▁" 6 bone ". ▁ ▁The ▁ 6 bone ▁started ▁as ▁a ▁virtual ▁network ▁( using ▁IP v 6 ▁over ▁IP v 4 ▁t unn eling / enc aps ulation ) ▁operating ▁over ▁the ▁IP v 4 - based ▁Internet ▁to