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IPv6 Redes de Nova Geração/ Experiência em Portugal. José Fernandes FCCN Seminários do IST - Taguspark Março 2005. Next Generation Internet – IPv6. Address space with IPv4 is being depleted Addressing space is the most visible feature of IPv6.
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IPv6 Redes de Nova Geração/ Experiência em Portugal José Fernandes FCCN Seminários do IST - Taguspark Março 2005
Next Generation Internet – IPv6 • Address space with IPv4 is being depleted • Addressing space is the most visible feature of IPv6. • IPv6 uses 128 bits addresses, pushing the theoretical limit of unique IPv6 nodes to about 340 billion billion billion billion unique addresses! • A must to implement “always-on”, mobility, peer-to-peer communications, machine-to-machine communications,... • Other significant capabilities of IPv6 include: • Integrated quality of service (QoS), • Reintroduces end-to-end security, • Automatic configuration (plug and play), data multicasting, • More efficient network route aggregation at the global backbone level. • ... • IPv6 is a key issue on the road ahead to the e-economy.
Some recent tidbits “There is a kind of capacity problem. How is the Net going to support billions of additional users and devices, and new data-hungry applications?” Vint Cerf (Intel Development Conference, San Francisco sept 2004) « …the PC-centric era is fast giving way to the wireless age. The trend is most apparent in Asia where cellphones with Net access are the computing gizmo of choice. There are about 10x more cell phones capable of handling e-mail and Web surfing being sold than PCs …… China is planning to adopt IPv6 more rapidly than any other country in the world. And if Huawei’s close ties to the Chinese Government help it become the early leader in the technology, it could get the jump on rivals such as Cisco, Alcatel and Lucent.. » Business Week sept 27th 2004 issue, « Tech’s future » pp82-89
17 billion Traditional Networkable Devices! Sun Microsystems estimates that including sensor and RFID networks the world could have a trillion communicating devices in a decade! A fraction of those will make the dam burst!
Some perceived IPv6 drivers • Mobile IP • Peer 2 peer networking • Peer 2 peer gaming • Peer 2 peer voice over IP • RFID networks • Sensor networks • Critical mass of digital end-user devices • Critical Mass of ADSL and cable digital access • Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, Mobile tech, Zigbee…. • National policies and economic weight
Mobile IP as IPv6 driver • Mobile nodes must be able to move from router to router without losing end-to-end connection • A home address to maintain connectivity • Many,many care-of address to maintains route-ability • billions of care-of addresses needed in the future: forget v4
Sloan Digital Sky Survey Peer to peer networking as IPv6 Driver • Entertainment content sharing • Napster, Kazaa, Morpheus, • Grokster, Gnutella … • Science content sharing • Quarknet • SDSS • Neptune… • Distributed data processing • SETI@home • Folding@home • Fightaids@home…
Peer to peer VoIP as IPv6 Driver ? • Aug 29th 2003: Skype set up in Stockholm by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, founders of Kazaa. Promises high quality p2p phone calls over the internet to always-on customers (ADSL and cable). • April 6th 2004: launches PocketSkype for Wi-Fi hotspot access • Based on e2e VoIP, a good algorithm for voice, PC’s with headsets. • “We have a big ambition with Skype: it is to make it the global telephone company” (Int’l Herald Tribune oct 13th 2003). • July 2004: Teleglobe, Level3, iBasis provide Skype PSTN termination. • Skype reaches 28 million users
P2P gaming as IPv6 Driver • Gaming market is projected to exceed $5 billion by 2006. • On line gaming today is mostly client/server: creates serious bandwidth and processing bottlenecks • Xbox and Playstation are IPv6 ready • Korea’s Ncsoft becomes the number one on-line game developer.
RFID’s as IPv6 driver • Current RFID’s contain 18 bytes of data. • Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s top 100 suppliers already attach RFID tags to shipping pallets so the chain can track shipments; all suppliers by 2006. • Generalized use of RFID implies terabytes of traffic daily. • RFID tags considered for passports and even banknotes • IATA might mandate RFID as baggage tags • RFID in casino chips in Vegas!
Sensor networks as IPv6 driver • Self organizing sensor networks (DARPA Sensit project) • Smart Dust and follow-up projects : Goal is autonomous sensing and communication in a cubic millimeter • Intel Deep Network projects • “Locally networking billions of embedded nodes, driving computing deeper into the infrastructure that surrounds us.” • Radio Free Intel : vision of adding wireless capabilities to every device by integrating the radio circuits and systems directly into every component • Intel’s Planetlab?
«Countdown to a battle for the living room »(Financial Times Jan 14th 2004) • The Consumer Electronic show in Vegas early January saw the first serious salvos in what could be a titanic battle between the computer industry (Intel, Microsoft) and the electronics industry (Sony, Philips, Toshiba, Panasonic..) • The essence of the battle is a kind of a home « mediacenter » with all devices connected in a plug and play mode, preferably wireless. • « once music, video, photography and mobile telephone become digitized, recording, replaying and editing become an exercise in applied computing » • Sony had already announced that starting 2005 all its products will be IPv6 enabled. The Microsoft Xbox also. Let the battle start!
Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, ZigBee, Mobile-Fi, Ultrawideband…. • Will the convergence of cellular telephony and IP come on the heels of fixed line telephony and IP? • VoIP is considered disruptive for fixed line carriers business models at this stage. Will cellular telephony be the next battlefront? Business Week, April 26th 2004
China’s weight in the internet balance Source: Business Week March 15th 2004 issue
Some Press News • ISPs ignore IP timebomb, ISPs are storing up trouble by ignoring IPv6 [01-04-2003] • The predicted surge in users signing up for "always-on" broadbandconnections will force service providers to upgrade to IPv6 in the next few years. • The broadband 'explosion' is still a relatively manageable number, but not for long… • Mobile vendor unveils first IPv4/IPv6 handset[11-11-2003] • Verio Starts Commercial IPv6 Services in North America [12-10-2003] • The Chinese government announced that it will help Chinese service providers in building IPv6-based next generation infrastructure on a national scale [12-12-2003] • NTT East announced that it will start commercial IPv4/IPv6 dual stack service at the beginning of 2004 [26-12-2003]. • Telefónica introduced the first services based on IPv6, during the “IPv6 Global Launch Event”, under the organization of EC [Jan2004]. • Google getting ready for IPv6
Where are we Today with IPv6? • IPv6 is a mature technology • Stable base standards (still being polished, as with IPv4!) • Stable products (routers & operating systems, etc.) • Emerging ISP support • Large stable public domain applications • Emerging commercial applications and middleware • IPv6 is a committed technology • Required for full 3G deployment • Required by defence industry • Required by emerging markets and economies • Required for further innovation • Required to mitigate the digital divide
The Portuguese IPv6 Task Force Activity • Kick-off meeting, February 2003 • 2nd meeting, July 2003 • All main players were present • The path and the calendar for the transition to IPv6 were discussed • The main objectives of the TF and the initiatives leading to a timely adoption of IPv6 in Portugal were discussed • Six WG were established (see http://www.ipv6-tf.com.pt) • The WGs had several meetings • Raise IPv6 awareness and organized public events • IPv6 questionnaire to Telecom operators and ISPs • Preliminary results available
GigaPIX in IPv6 • O GigaPix is a platform, hosted by FCCN, to exchange IP traffic between IP netwoks • Objectives of GigaPix • To improve the interconnection performance of Portuguese IP Networks. • To avoid the use of international resources to exchange IP data packets orginated and terminated in Portugal • There are 5 members (+ FCCN) connected in IPv6. • The ROOT server (F) is present in GigaPIX since April 2004, and also replies in IPv6 (2001:500::1035). • DNS.PT in IPv6 • The domain registry service .PT already allows the definition of IPv6 domains, according to RFC1886
IPv6 Native Connections To RCTS (Portuguese NREN) 2001:690:2200::/48 2001:690:2040::/48 2001:690:2006::/48 2001:690:23D0::/48 2001:690:2100::/48 2001:690:2080::/48
PortugueseIPv6Addressing Seen @ : 2001:690::/32 2001:8A0::/32 (has 21 members) 2001:818::/32 2001:B18::/32 2001:B28::/32 2001:A40::/32 2001:1588::/32 2001:15D8::/32
Main Known «Holes» Lack of Cable and DSL Companies providing Native IPv6 Few people inside ISPs/Enterprises interested in IPv6 benefits Others: How to make €€€ out of IPv6 ??? – more focus on revenues needed, not on savings
6NET • FCCN Leads the WP3: Basic Network Services • Routing, DNS, DHCP, registry procedures, QoS, and multicasting.
Broadband IPv6 World-Wide • FCCN participates in GEANT (also GN2) and ALICE
The New generation of Portuguese NREN • A cable with 48 Optical fibres • Covers 70% of the community • Rights of way for 18 years • To be operational by the end of Q1 2005
1 School, 1 Broadband Connection 1 • GOALS • Connect all basic and secondary schools (aprox. 9000) to the Internet through a broadband connection, allowing all students and teachers to have access to online knowledge and educational resources • This measure will be complemented by the development of an education resource databank and the installation of 1 PC per classroom 2 • CPE is IPv6 compliant • Under discussion with operator to make the network operating native IPv6 3 • ONGOING – FINAL STAGE • First example of public demand aggregation launched in February 2004 • a regionalised public international tender for the provision of voice services and broadband connections to a universe of aprox. 9000 schools
How Portuguese market Players feel about IPv6?Results of the IPv6 Questionnaire
Results of the IPv6 Questionnaire(I) Yes, it represents more than half of the problem Still a problem Concerns on configuration and interoperability with IPv4 Each tech needs to be verified and certified Lack/cost Lack/cost IPSec helps; Lack of Firewalls NAT bad NAT good ! NAT good
Results of the IPv6 Questionnaire(II) Yes Reduced offer Yes/no - No conclusion Yes, transition costs: new equip., net manag
Results of the IPv6 Questionnaire(III) • Main conclusions • There is lack of interest in IPv6 in a few players • Some lack of IPv6 knowledge among a few players • They see very few benecfits in IPv6 – essentially address space • They see technical and market barriers to implement IPv6 • What to do? • Raise awareness • Training • Organise events • Demostrate the advantages of a timely transition • Show them how important will be IPv6 for their business
Result of IPv6 Survey to Japanese Internet Users http://www.ipv6style.jp/en/enq/20040730/index.shtml
Result of IPv6 Survey to Japanese Internet Users • Valid responses from 510 users. • As for Internet experience of respondents, 54.7% have used Internet for 6 to 10 years, and 25.9% have used Internet for 10 years or more. • As for their involvement with IPv6 • 44.9% were (IPv6-related) product/service user • 35.9% said no involvement with IPv6, • 4.9% were providers of related products and services • In another question, 75.5% said they knew the word IPv6 including its meaning. • Overall, respondents of this survey have a high interest or awareness on IPv6.
Conclusions • Digital convergence is happening • IP is becoming the unifying services architecture • IPv6 resolves address limitations of IPv4 • IPv6 also enables new services which cannot be implemented with IPv4 • “Always-on” for every human being, Peer-to-Peer connectivity on global scale, etc. • Challenges of mobile and wireless Internet can only be met by IPv6 • IPv4 provides costly, limited, inefficient, insecure, patchy alternative IPv6 transition has already started