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A Survey on Next Generation Internet Protocol: IPv6

International Journal of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, 2014

IPv4 is the most dominant addressing protocol used on the Internet and most private networks today. With the advent of wide variety of devices and upcoming technologies, the limited addresses of IPv4 are not able to cope with the current internet. IPv6 was mainly developed to resolve the addressing issues as well the security concerns which are lacked by IPv4. One of the major challenges in the internet is to deploy IPv6. In the transition to IPv6, both IPv6 and IPv4 will co-exist until IPv6 eventually replaces IPv4. In this paper an attempt is being made to enlighten the importance of IPv6 in current scenario and the key reasons to deploy the IPV6, and also discusses the standards and techniques which are required for smooth interoperation between the two protocols.

A Comparative Study on IPv4 and IPv6

Abstract__ The addresses of Internet protocol (IP) are a vital resource for the Internet. In the network, IP address is assigned to every interface which connects to the Internet. The addresses are still assigned by using Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4). IPv4 has demonstrated robust, compatibility with vast range of protocols, applications and easy implementation. IPv4 had been supposed to cover all the network interfaces, however with huge increase of the number of devices (computer, mobile, tablet, routers, server, etc) the reserve of assigned addresses is exhausted. IPv6 has been deployed for providing new services and for supporting the internet growth. This study compares the key specifications of IPv4 and IPv6, contrasts IPv4 and IPv6 header’s fields, the structure of headers, explains advantages of IPv6 and disadvantages of IPv4, and why we are running out of IPv4

Review of IPv4 and IPv6 and various implementation methods of IPv6

IRJET, 2022

Presently, approximately 25 billion people are connected worldwide, and these networks are connected through routers. IPv4 had some deficiencies like Address depletion problem, Lack of Encryption, and authentication of data features, which led to the development of IPng/IPv6. The development of IPV6 and deployment of the same is in process worldwide using various deployment techniques. These techniques enable the upgradation of networks to IPv6 deployed networks with little or no intervention of IPv4 services. Greater deployment efforts from a number of small networks could result in an increasing measure of global IPv6 deployment.

AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON INTERNET PROTOCOL IPV6 IN NETWORKING

The internet protocol IPv4 has met requires for years, but the number of addresses, while huge is finite. It has several shortcomings which are unavoidable and complicate such exhausted address space, security issues, non-availability of auto-configuration and in some cases present a obstacle to, the advance improvement of the Internet. The resolution to mitigate this problem was the development of the new IPv6 protocol which enlarges the address space from 32-bits to 128-bits. IPv6 assembles a high address space, superior address design and better safety among other profits. IPv6 distribution necessitates deep and careful firm to minimize network disruption and ensure that the profits of IPv6 are accessed. Due to the issues of IPv4, now-a-days IPv6 is extremely popular in associations, corporations and Internet Service Providers (ISP). In this paper, we aim to provide a Literature Survey which describes the various techniques to implement IPv6 transition most optimal method to increase the network performances.

A STUDY ON IPv4 and IPv6: THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR CO-EXISTENCE

International Journal of Information Systems and Engineering

This paper aims at evaluating, compare and report result based on the performance of two protocol stacks (IPv4 and IPv6) in terms of various parameters that is analyzed when the data is being transmitted from one client to another or to a server over a wired network on IPv4 in comparison with the IPv6, thus proposing a system that supports the coexistence of both IPv4 and IPv6. The issue of the new-generation numbering system of the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is addressed as exhaustion of address space of the numbering system of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) becomes a problem. An explained study is performed on the IPv6 addressing architecture and yet the almighty goals are still not met. IPv4/IPv6 transition unfolds a lot of problems relating to the internet world. This paper proposes some transition mechanisms involving Dual Stack and Tunneling transition techniques. An explained study is performed on the addressing architecture. However these techniques prove to be most efficient in the study which has been performed. This paper targets at a comparative study on the throughputs in bits/ seconds, packet throughputs, delay in networks, response time in seconds of both IPv4 and IPv6. Hence, since the system proposes for coexistence of both IPv4 and IPv6, the solution projected in this paper is "DUAL STACK where you can and TUNNEL where you have to".

Implementation of IPv6

2014

Author(s) Ganesh Sharma Year 2014 Commissioned by Thesis title Number of pages Implementation of IPv6 67+6 On 14 September 2012 last block of IPv4 has been allocated from the Regional Internet Register (RIR) across the Europe, Middle East and Asia. In addition, the demand of further addresses, security and efficient routing across Internet has been increasing every day. Hence, to provide the abundant IP addresses and also to overcome the shortcoming of IPv4, IETF developed a new protocol IPv6. IPv6 overcome the limitations of IPv4 and integrate advance feature. These advanced improvements include larger address space, more efficient addressing and routing, auto-configuration, security, and QOS.

Comparitive Study on IPV4 and IPV6 Internet Protocol

As we know daily many devices are manufactured which need an IP address to get connected to internet. IPv6 is known as next generation IP which is currently being used at few places and still more research are going on in this region, this paper contains the comparison between the two IP address schemes namely IPv4 and IPv6. The header formats and performance parameters of the both scheme are discussed. Also th e benefits of IPv6 over IPv4 is discussed in brief .

A Review on Implementation Issues in IPv6 Network Technology

International JournalofEngineering Research and General Science, 2015

IPv4 addresses are already depleted in Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and have exhausted in Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) while more clients are continuously adding into the Internet. IPv6, as the only available next generation Internet protocol, is still not commercially successful accepted because a scheme that could solve the migration of IPv4 resources to IPv6 network, as well as mutual communication between the two incompatible protocols, has not been fully developed and deployed. Translation solution provides a proper approach to address this problem. In this review paper, we reviewed research papers presented by the researchers between 2007 and 2015 related to IPv4 & IPv6 resource migration and protocol transition schemes and observed issues related network security, addressing and error detection in the implementation of IPv6. INTRODUCTION Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is a new generation protocol of the basic internet protocol. Internet Protocol (IP) is a common language of the Internet, every device connected to the Internet must support it. The current version of IPv4 (IP version 4) has several shortcomings which are unavoidable and complicate such exhausted address space, security issues, non availability of auto-configuration and in some cases present a barrier to, the further development of the Internet. The coming IPv6 revolution should remove these barriers and provide a feature-rich environment for the future of global networking. Internet Engineers Task Force released the first RFC specifying the IPv6 were released at the end of 1995 and continuously trying to improve it. Since 1995 IPv6 has not been implemented in completely in real world due some issues like availability of alternative solutions in IPv4, non availability of compatible software, financial investment required in term of compatible equipments, software and security systems. Therefore issues involve in ipv6 implementation has to be analyzed and found the solutions for some of the issues. Further in this section IPv4 and IPv6 described briefly.

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN IPv4 AND IPv6

International Journal of Information Systems and Engineering, 2015

The internet protocol (IP) has become the driving force over the decade for which devices and organizations that tend to rely on as a means of communication between hosts or nodes. As such it becomes a necessity to have a reliable protocol that will be adaptive to change. This review work will be comparing and analyzing the two versions of internet protocol, IPv4 and IPv6 in term of address space, feature, functionality and transition mechanism which resolve the issue of incompatibility. Also aim of the work is to provide a detailed discussion about the reasons for migration from IPv4 and IPv6 and also outline the various differences that exist between the two protocols in term of their performance.

A Survey of IP Address for Next Generation Internet Services

2016

This paper surveys the problem of the astronomical growing demand of Internet Systems participating in the public network which has led to the depletion of allocated Internet Protocol version 4.0 (IPV4) addresses. Already, four out of the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) namely: ARNIC, RIPE, LACNIC and ARPIN have exhausted their allocated IPV4 addresses while the fifth AFRICNIC (Africa’s RIR) is reportedly depleted. We also examine the limitations of IPV4, the features of IPV6 and different modes of operating IPV6 standard. Findings shows that the current population of the world is over 6billion people with a projection of 9billion people by the year 2050 and IPV6 can conveniently accommodate 2 128 devices. This paper also proposes the migration from the present Internet Protocol version 4.0(IPV4) to a new Internet Protocol version 6.0(IPV6) addresses. This research work has shown that deploying the IPV6 could only be the possible solution to sustaining Internet Services globally.