Measuring IPv6 “Ripeness”

The RIPE NCC has produced two articles on RIPE Labs looking at the IPv6 “ripeness” of RIPE NCC members organisations. Using a system of four criteria (”stars”), we can see what percentage of Local Internet Registries have taken steps to deploy IPv6 in their networks. See RIPE Labs for Part 1 and Part 2 of the study.

Allocation and routing statistics

The graphs on this page look at how quickly IPv6 is being deployed using two different methods:

IPv6 allocations

One measure of IPv6 adoption is the allocation of IPv6 space by the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), such as the RIPE NCC.

Address space that has been allocated is not necessarily being used on the Internet, but obtaining an IPv6 address allocation is a good indicator that a business in planning to deploy IPv6 in its network.

Global IPv6 allocations

This graph shows how many blocks of IPv6 address space have been handed out by the five RIRs, per country. The data is near-real time, based on data gathered by the Internet Number Resource Database (INRDB).

Please note that this graph does not include allocations made to the country codes EU (Europe-wide), AP (Asia Pacific) or ZZ (personal use).

IPv6 on the Internet

The following graphs represent IPv6 address space actually in use on the Internet, as seen by the RIPE NCC’s Routing Information Service (RIS). The data is near-real time, based on data gathered by the Internet Number Resource Database (INRDB).

This blue line in the graph represents the number of Autonomous Systems announcing IPv6 addresses, while the yellow line represents the total number of IPv6 prefixes announced to the Internet.

IPv6 Deployment Monitoring Survey

Maarten Botterman presented the results of the IPv6 Deployment Monitoring Survey at the RIPE 59 Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal on Tuesday, 6 October 2009. The survey was conducted by TNO and GNKS Consult, working with the RIPE NCC and sponsored by the European Commission, and asked questions about actual deployment of IPv6 in the RIPE NCC service region and attitudes to IPv6. You can see the survey results at:
IPv6 Deployment Monitoring Survey results [pdf]

RIPE Labs IPv6 Measurements

RIPE Labs has published a summary of various IPv6 measurement tools and studies from around the web. The information, drawn from the RIRs and a wide range of private sector organisations, relates to all aspects of IPv6 deployment. To read more, visit RIPE Labs