IPv6 Act Now

For those who are excited about the prospect of mobile data and Internet-based mobile networks, then IPv6 is something they should pay attention to. Future mobile networks are being designed around IP frameworks, by which we mean using Internet technology to run mobile services. We’re standing on the cusp of a huge update of one of the underlying technologies of the Internet – from IPv4 to IPv6. To help understand what all this means, and the impact of IP on the future of mobile networks, GoMo News interviewed Mícheál Ó Foghlú, Executive Director of Research at the Telecommunications Software & Systems Group (TSSG), and Chair of the Irish IPv6 Task Force.

Before that, what’s difference between IPv4 and IPv6?

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In its 2008 action plan for the deployment of the Future Internet Protocol in Europe, the European Commission is calling for the inclusion of relevant technology knowledge in retraining curricula and in higher education computer and network engineering courses. To support this action, the European Commission, Directorate F – Information Society and Media Unit F4, has just launched a new study aimed at evaluating the current landscape (needs and offer) in the field of the Future Internet Protocols training.

If you are in an organisation providing training and courses in the field of Information Technologies or if you are an organisation making use of IT in its daily activity, you are invited to take the TRICE survey. By answering the survey questions, you will be contributing to the definition of recommendations aimed at developing a European landscape for IT training in line with your needs.

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Following on a very successful event in January 2009 (videos and slides of the sessions are still available), which was supported by funding from the ISOC Community Grants Programme, the Irish National IPv6 Task Force is hosting another all-day summit in Dublin Castle, Ireland on Wednesday, 19 May 2010.

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An IPv6 Task Force established last month under the auspices of InternetNZ will establish separate bodies to debate, represent and act on the concerns of various industry groups regarding the adoption of the IPv6 internet addressing scheme, says Murray Milner, who is co-ordinating the effort.

For example, Milner says, an ISP, a datacentre proprietor and a large commercial organisation will face different challenges in adopting IPv6, and will need to develop “road maps” appropriate to their needs. The sectoral groups sparked by the taskforce will each support a workstream to that end, he says.

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The University of Hawaiʻi (UH) has announced the creation of the Hawaiʻi IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) Task Force in partnership with the global IPv6 Forum. The Hawaiʻi IPv6 Task Force is dedicated to the local promotion and support of the next version of the rules that describe how computers and networks interconnect to provide internet services throughout the world.

Vint Cerf, honorary chair of the global IPv6 Forum congratulated UH for establishing the Hawaiʻi IPv6 Task Force. “IPv6 needs to be embraced to sustain internet growth and drive continuing global end-to-end innovation. The University of Hawaiʻi should be applauded for its initiative in supporting the advancement of enterprises and ISPs in their community so that Hawaiʻi can participate fully in the future of the global internet,” said Cerf.

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The RIPE NCC has published an analysis of trends in IPv6 “tunneling” (IPv6 traffic transiting across IPv4 connections) in the Internet over the past five years. The results give some promising indications for the deployment of IPv6 in the global Internet.

For details, see RIPE Labs…

Technical publishers Wiley have released a new book, Deploying IPv6 in Broadband Access Networks, by Adeel Ahmed and Salman Asadullah. Described as, “an essential reference for deploying IPv6 in broadband networks”, the book includes discussion of:

– IPv6 drivers in broadband networks
– IPv6 deployment in Cable, DSL, ETTH, and Wireless networks
– Configuring and troubleshooting IPv6 gateway routers and host
– Configuring and troubleshooting IPv6 edge routers
– Configuring and troubleshooting IPv6 provisioning servers

For more information, see Wiley.

TOKYO and LUXEMBOURG and BOSTON, MA–(Marketwire – June 22, 2009) – The IPv6 Forum and its sub-organization, the IPv6 Enabled Steering Group, today announced the introduction of the IPv6 Enabled Logo Program, a new program aimed at testing and validating Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for IPv6 readiness and adoption.

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Randy Bush, Senior Researcher with IIJ, discusses the global deployment of IPv6.

Watch more video discussions about IPv6 deployment.

The Internet Society (ISOC) conducted a survey of members on the topic of Internet Governance in April and May 2009. The purpose was to assist ISOC in addressing Internet governance issues in the discussion up to and including the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Sharm El Sheikh in November 2009.

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