IP version 6

IP Network Addressing
INTERNET worlds largest public data network, increasing
in size every month

IPv4, defines a 32-bit address - 232 (4,294,967,296) IPv4

addresses available

The first problem is concerned with the eventual depletion of

the IP address space

Traditional model of classful addressing does not allow the

address space to be used to its maximum potential

Techniques to reduce address shortage in IPv4

Subnetting Classless Inter Domain Routing (CIDR) Network Address Translation (NAT)

Subnetting
Introduced during classful adressing The practice of dividing a network into two or more network is called subnetting

Creating a subnet by dividing the host identifier

Subnetting
128.10.1.1 H1

128.10.1.2

H2

Sub-network 128.10.1.0 Internet

G All traffic to 128.10.0.0

128.10.2.1

H3

128.10.2.2

H4

Sub-network 128.10.2.0

Classless Inter Domain Routing(CIDR)

Eliminates traditional classful IP routing. Supports the deployment of arbitrarily sized networks Example: 192.168.0.0/21

Network Address Translation (NAT)

In the beginning, a user was connected to the internet with a dial up line Now a days home user and small business can be connected via ADSL line or cable modem With the shortage of addresses, this is a serious problem and a quick solution too this problem is NAT

Features of IPv6
Large Address Space New Header Format Stateful and Stateless Address Configuration Reduce end-to-end delay Security (IPsec) No Fragmentation Mobility

128 bit IPv6 Address

3FFE:085B:1F1F:0000:0000:0000:00A9:1234

8 groups of 16-bit hexadecimal numbers seperated by colon All leading zeros can be removed and can be suppressed to the form as : 3FFE:85B:1F1F::A9:1234 :: signifies all zeros in one or more group of 16-bit hexadecimal numbers

Header comparison
0
version
header length

15 16
type of service

31
total length

Removed (6)

identification

flags

fragment offset

IPv4

TTL

protocol

header checksum

source address destination address options

type of service(TOS), hlen ID, flags, flag offset header checksum

Changed (3)

version

traffic class

flow-label next header hop limit

total length => payload protocol => next header TTL => hop limit
Added (2)

payload length

IPv6

source address

traffic class flow label

Expanded

destination address

address 32 to 128 bits

Types of IPv6
There are three types of IPv6 addresses: Unicast addresses identify a single interface. Anycast addresses identify a set of interfaces such that a packet sent to an anycast address will be delivered to one member of the set. Multicast addresses identify a group of interfaces, such that a packet sent to a multicast address is delivered to all of the interfaces in the group.

Who could benefit from using IPv6 ?

Data service for mobile nodes Broadband internet access Home networking Network of sensors and military applications And many more

Thank you