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IPv6 is the new generation of Internet Protocol which will replace IPv4.
What is a protocol and what is IP?
A protocol is a serie of rules to follow to achieve an action. For example, the protocol to send a letter is:
What is a
protocol?
Put it in an envelope
It is the same thing on the internet: when you send message (any type of data), your computer respects the
Internet Protocol and sends a pack of data which can be represented this way:
199.25.36.215
204.66.3.136
xxxxxxxxxxxx
What is a protocol?
Senders IP address
Addressees IP address
Additional information
message
An IP address is a unique address assigned to each computer connected to the Internet. It is composed of 4
numbers (between 0 and 255) separated by dots. For example, 199.25.36.215.
So IP objective is to send and receive pack of data. Now, how to assign data to the proper application? Are
there limitations? How to be sure of the good progress of operations? TCP answers all those questions.
What is TCP?
Transmission Control Protocol is above IP and its characteristics are:
Define the destination of data (to a web browser, a mail client, a game)
Check if the addressee is ready to receive data
Cut data to send because data pack are limited to 1,500 octets
Take care of transport (number packs before sending, check if all packs are arrived, assemble
packs)
For example, in order to send the message What is TCP? from computer A to computer B:
Computer A
Computer B
IP address: 199.25.36.215
IP address: 204.66.3.136
Each arrow corresponds to a pack. All those interactions between the two computers represent Transmission
Control Protocol.
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So to avoid this shortage, IPv6 was created. This new protocol is coded in 128 bits so 3,4x1038 addresses
available. Juts to make a comparison, if the total of IPv4 addresses would be represented by a golf ball, the
compared number of IPv6 addresses would be equivalent to the sun. It will be almost impossible to attribute
all these addresses. For example, if 1 trillion IPv6 addresses were allocated per second, it would take 10
quintillion years to run out (more than 700 million times the age of the universe).
IPv6
32 bits: x.x.x.x
192.32.145.1
With this new form of address, more IP addresses will be available avoiding any problem of shortage.
Simplified Format of Messages
IPv4 Header
Version
Type of
Service
IHL
Identification
Time to Live
IPv6 Header
Total Length
Flags
Protocol
Version
Fragment
Offset
Traffic
Class
Flow Label
Next
Header
Payload Length
Hop Limit
Header Checksum
Source Address
Source Address
Destination Address
Options
Padding
Destination Address
On the contrary of IPv4, IPv6 has a variable part in its header. So some information can be integrated in
this part instead of being automatically in the IPv4 header. It also offers the possibility to select the most
important information.
Advantages of this simplification:
Shorter messages = significant saving of bandwidth
Flexibility = possibility to chose the useful extensions
Simplification of data treatment
Better Management of Quality of Service
IPv6 integrates natively QoS management. This becomes increasingly important in a hungry-dataconsuming world.
Improvement of communications security
More and more transactions, games, communications are made over the Internet with more and more
sensitive data (name, address, credit card number). So, the need for security increases drastically.
IPv6 integrates a new technology called IPSec (IP Security) which offers an advanced cryptography system
allowing:
Authentication and authorization
Data privacy
Data integrity
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IPv4 hosts
IPv4+IPv6 hosts
IPv4+IPv6
IPv4 network
network
IPv6 hosts/network
IPv6 hosts/network
Alcatel-Lucent has been involved with IPv6 for many years, from standard development to implementation,
demonstration and interoperability, and trials and deployments around the world.
In fact, our 7750 Service Router (7750 SR) has supported IPv6 since early 2007. The SR is the foundation of
the multi-service converged edge in the Alcatel-Lucent High Leverage Network (HLN).
With our 7750 SR, we show a continued commitment to the forthcoming IPv6 evolution and an
understanding that IPv4 and IPv6 will coexist for the foreseeable future. The 7750 SR supports a number of
interim and long-term addressing technologies for the Internet.
Long-term, service providers will use the 7750 SR to support dual-stack routing, which means that the 7750
SR would run complete IPv4 routing and addressing for IPv4 traffic on the Internet, and complete IPv6
routing and addressing for IPv6 traffic.
For the interim, the 7750 SR supports IP address mapping and IP packet encapsulation, allowing content and
service providers to extend their use of existing IPv4 addresses while they start to introduce IPv6.
Moreover, Alcatel-Lucent is a member of IPv6 Forum.
For more information, follow the link:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/features/world_ipv6_day/index.html
https://engage.alcatel-lucent.com/groups/ipv6
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