Abstract

IPv6 Transitionand scenario inIndia

This  paper  reviews  the  government  policy  approaches  regarding  thetransition  from  IPv4  to IPv6.  IPv4  is  limited  to  4.2  billion  possibleaddresses  which  is  not  sufficient  so  another  version  of  internet protocolwas  developed  with  128  bit  addresses  providing  340  trillion  addresses.However  the  transition process between IPv4 and IPv6 is quite complex.As per the data available ,a centre of innovation for IPv6 is planned whichrefers to a substantial transition to IPv6 by 2020 with the vision to providean environment of end to end IPv6 Services under a single umbrella withobjectives like implementing IPv6 based pilot projects, to  developmodel  Experimental  IPv6  Network,  Technical  support  to  Central  andState  Government  units Conducting  certified  training  programs  R&  D in  collaborationwith  premier  institutes  for  new  RFC/New applications,IPRs etc. Also Consultancy support at National /International level is tobe provided. Auditing of the networks & its certification is anotherobjective of this policy. The document also tracks the sites where thistransition has already taken place successfully and different complexmechanisms that this transition has to deal with for its desired working.

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