That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind

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"That's one small step for man, one giant leap
for mankind"
Neil Armstrong July 20, 1969
European Telcos investigate IPv6 deployment
mechanisms.
Magnus Krampell, EURESCOM
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Armstrong project partners
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Rationale for the Armstrong project

• Operational experience needs to be gained by the
  Internet community with the deployment of the
  IPv6 protocol suite
• Appropriate transition mechanisms and strategies
  for various scenarios are needed
• This project can be seen as an IPv6 deployment
  trial with a European provider testbed.

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Transition strategies IPv4 to IPv6

• Which are the possible transition strategies for
  an incremental transition from IPv4 to IPv6?
• Which advantages and disadvantages do these
  transition mechanisms for ISPs offer (costs,
  investment protection, uninterrupted operations,
  ...)
• What should Legacy (IPv4) ISPs do (what could
  Greenfield ISPs do)?

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Different tasks to be performed...

• (Native) IPv6 use over legacy IPv4 networks
• 6 over 4
• 6 to 4
• Tunnel Broker
• IPv6 hosts communicating with IPv4 hosts
• (and vice-versa)
• Socks
• NAT-PT
• BIS (Bump-In-the-Stack)
• Legacy IPv4 applications working over IPv6
  networks
• DSTM

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Do nothing / Let users use external Tunnel Broker
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Offer Tunnel Broker and Tunnel Server
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Offer Dual Stack Network(early stage)
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Offer Dual Stack network(intermediate stage)
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Offer Dual Stack Network(late/final stage)
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Alternative path Offer edge only IPv6 networks
(first)
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Alternative path Offer edge only IPv6 network
(intermediate)
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Alternative path Offer edge only IPv6 network
(late/final)
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Things one could do as a new IPv6-only ISP


IPV4 only

network
IPv6 native network
NAT
-
PT

IPv6
IPv4
host

host

IPv6
server

IPv4
server

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Phases for transition
IPv4
IPv6
DSTM NAT-PT BIS SOCKS "4to6?"
NAT-PT BIS SOCKS
TB 6to4 6over4 NAT-PT BIS SOCKS
Legacy IPv4 Internet (As we knew it)
IPv6 Ocean IPv4 Islands, legacy v4 appl
A large IPv4 net, a large IPv6 net
Large IPv4 Ocean, Small IPv6 islands
Legacy IPv6
Phase 1
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3
4
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Combinations of Mechanisms...

• IPv4 -gt IPv4 (over IPv6 network)
• IPv6 -gt IPv6 (over IPv4 network)
• IPv4 -gt IPv6 (translate tunnel or vice versa)
• IPv6 -gt IPv4 (translate tunnel or vice versa)

Late
Early
IPv4
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For more information ...

• http//www.eurescom.de/public/projects/P1000-serie
  s/p1009/P1009.htm
• IPv6-enabled Web-site in preparationhttp//www.ar
  mstrong.eurescom.de
• krampell_at_eurescom.de
• Thank you ... !

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What is EURESCOM?

• Performs collaborative RD projects for new
  telecommunications and Internet scenarios,
  network solutions and advanced services.
• European Institute for Research and Strategic
  Studies in Telecommunications
• Founded in 1991 and located in Heidelberg,
  Germany.
• 24 Shareholders from 23 European countries