Wipro Webinar

IPv6 Transition:
The way ahead & the
need for preparedness
07th December, 2011

Presenters
Mike Sapien
Moderator,
Principal Consultant,
Ovum

Sriram TV
Business Head,
Telecom Network Services,
Wipro

Abhay Savargaonkar
Senior Vice President & Head,
Network Planning,
Bharti Airtel Limited

Alan Young
Consultant,
Media & Network Services,
Wipro
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Agenda
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Industry Outlook to IPv6 Migration

Hindrances & Business Benefits of IPv6 Migration

Wipros Approach to Enable IPv6 Migration

Bharti Airtel IPv6 Migration Journey

Industry Outlook to IPv6 Migration

Transition to IPv6 has already begun

Carriers and ISPs are all making for this transition now

There are different methods and phases in making the transition by service
providers

IPv6
Transition /
Migration

The catalyst is the increasingly smaller availability of IPv4 addresses but it is

not the only reason
Recent report indicates that service providers are moving already with plans
for completion within one years time.
Even though enterprise customers dont seem to be concerned today; it will
become critical in 2012 for service providers to be ready

Need for IPv6

It is more than just lack of addresses that are driving the need for the transition
The IPv6 transition implementation plans vary and have distinct phases
(Assess-Plan-Implement-Test)
Devices, web resources, websites, content providers and network providers are all
involved internet ecosystem
Similar to HD service, the entire value chain has to support IPv6 addressing
this ecosystem)

(e.g.

Service providers need to finish their plan and now start to implement this migration to
support IPv6 in all its services.

This need will expand beyond the Asia-Pacific region quickly

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Hindrances & Business Benefits of IPv6 Migration

Hindrances to IPv6 Migration

IPv6 is not backwards
compatible with IPv4

Though both can exist on the same physical

IPv4 devices & networks are

pervasive (consumer environment)

to come

network at the same time

Multiple methods exist to enable operation of

There is still a lot of equipment on sale

Business case for IPv6 investment

is unclear

Someone elses issue!

Dual IPv4/v6 operation and need for Carrier Grade NAT

means increased complexity and therefore cost

(especially consumer) that is IPv4 only

IPv4 address space wont last, so some form of Carrier

Grade NAT is inevitable

IPv6 on IPv4 networks and visa versa

Lack of awareness among the

masses

Dual operation will therefore be required for many years

Difficult to define payback when few people understand

the problem

Some even argue that IPv4 can be extended indefinitely

by using Carrier Grade NAT

Business Benefits of IPv6 Migration

Enables the
Internet of
Things
Massive
Address Space
No NAT

Stateless
Address AutoConfiguration

Efficient Packet
Processing and
Routing

Built in Security
Framework

Multicast
Support
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Wipros Approach to Enable IPv6 Migration

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Wipro is Uniquely Positioned

Winning in the Digital World

Today Wipro works with.

MEDIA
Consumer
Devices

Cable &
Satellite

DIGITAL
SECTOR

TECH

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Equipment

TELECOM

9 of the Top 15 Communication Service

Providers
4 of the Top 6 Mobile Device Vendors
7 of the Top 10 Telecom Equipment
Vendors
Top 3 Publishers
Top 2 Satellite Providers

Wipros Comprehensive suite of Offerings

IPv6 Training
Service

IPv6 Migration
Planning &
Implementation

IPv6

Business
Continuity plan
implementation

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IPv6
Consulting
Service
( Business
Continuity
Plan)

IPv6 Training Service

IPv6 Basics (IPv6 Addressing, Features & Routing)

IPv6 and IPv4 Coexistence

Business Continuity Techniques

IPv6 Migration technologies

IPv6 Transitioning Techniques

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IPv6 Consulting Service

Understand Current IPv4 Address
depletion status and business impact

Jobs

Study of the network and services

Identify areas of immediate impact and determine HW

& SW upgrades

Determine CAPEX & OPEX needs

to achieve Business Continuity

Document the business Continuity plan for short term

Plan for Business Continuity Time Line

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Business Continuity Planning

Planning &
Implementation for
IPv6 Ensure
Business Continuity

Design and build

for IPv6 and IPv4
Coexistence

Turn of IPv4
( Many years away)

Preparation should be such that design and build

doesnt become prohibitively expensive

Design, Build and Migration should be achieved with

minimal impact

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Phased Network Migration Plan

Phase I

Phase II

Assessment of Network Devices

Lab Setup, DNS & DHCP Migration
Application and OS Testing for IPv6
Enabling IPv6 Device & Network Security
6PE: IXP Connectivity and Peering
Enabling IPv6 Enterprise requirements

Network Topology Assessment & IPv6 Addressing

Smart Phone & Mobile Device testing
Planning & Design for DSL/Cable/Wireless
Broadband Migration Plan using LSN 444, 6RD,
DS-LITE & Dual Stack
DSL Broadband Migration

Enterprise VPN Services Plan & implementation

Wipro Approach
Phase III
Identify areas that IPv6 has not been covered
from Access networks point of view
Example: Migrating Pseudo wires using IPv4
based targeted LDP Sessions
Implement solutions to address areas not
covered in Phase I, II and III
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Phase IV
Turn off IPv4
( Many Years Away )

Bharti Airtel IPv6 Migration Journey

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Urgency of IPV6!

232 = 4,294,967,296
APNIC allocated all /8 in Feb 11
7 of last /8 being allocated by RIRs

Country

IPv4
(Bn)

Population
(Bn)

IPv4/
person

USA

1.560

0.310

5.03

India

0.030

1.191

0.03

ROW

1.709

5.403

0.32

Total/Average

3.299

6.905

0.48

2%
Available

Source
as on 05-Jan-11: http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/index.html
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Network Operator puzzles

Multiple transition approaches
under study @ IETF

How to ease the introduction of IPv6,

and ensure IPv4 service continuity?

How to balance trade-off between

transition approach network
architecture?

Vendor readiness with end-to-end

solution for commercial deployment?

Amount of preparatory work to be done concerns NW operators

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Mobile IPv4 vs. Mobile IPv6

Mobile IPv4

Mobile IPv6

Mobile node, home agent, home link,

foreign link
Mobile nodes home address

Globally routable home address and link-local home

address

Foreign agent

A plain IPv6 router on the foreign link (foreign agent

no longer exists)

Collocated care-of address

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(same)

Care-of address obtained via Agent

Discovery, DHCP, or manually

Care-of address obtained via Stateless Address Auto

configuration, DHCP, or manually

Agent Discovery

Router Discovery

Authenticated registration with home agent

Authenticated notification of home agent and other

correspondent nodes

Routing to mobile nodes via tunneling

Routing to mobile nodes via tunneling and source

routing

Route optimization via separate protocol

specification

Integrated support for route optimization

Todays World & the Ecosystem

IPv4 World Today- The Starting Point

Device

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N/w infra

ISP

Intl b/w

Conten
t

Mobility Perspective

MIPv4/MIPv6 Inter-workin
MIPv4/MIPv6 Inter-working

Mobile IPv4

IPv4

IPv4

IPv4
IPv4

IPv4
IPv4

IPv4

IPv4

IPv6

IPv4

IPv4
IPv4

IPv6

IPv6

IPv6

IPv4

IPv6
IPv6
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Mobile IPv6

IPv6
IPv6

IPv6

IPv6

IPv4

IPv6

IPv4

IPv6

IPv6

IPv4

IPv6
IPv6

MIPv4/MIPv6 Inter-working

Transition Tools
Translators
IPv4 Header

Data

IPv6 Header

Tunnels
Data

IPv4 NW
IPv4

IPv6

IPv6

IPv6
Host

IPv6 IPv4 translation

SOCKS64
SIIT
NAT-PT
BIS
TRT

IPv6 Header Data

Configured
Automatic Tunnels

www.karnataka.gov.in
Application
TCP/UDP
IPv4

Tunnel broker
6 to4
6 ver4

IPv6

IPv4
host

IPv4 & IPv6

Network

IPv6/IPv4 co-existence

IPv6 Header Data

IPv6 Tunneled over IPv4

Dual-Stack

Link

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IPv6

IPv4 Header IPv6 Header Data

CGNAT
IPv4
Host

tunnel

IPv6
host

Transition Essentials
No D Day for transition unlike the Y2K
transition
Last Internet transition was 1983 (NCP TCP)

Transition will be incremental

Possibly over several years

No IPv4/IPv6 barriers at any time

Easy for end user
Non disruptive Transition

IPv6 is designed with transition in mind

Assumption of IPv4/IPv6 coexistence
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Phases of Transition
First Phase

N/w infra to support dual stack

Separate IPv6 islands in the network.
Most IPv6 services are provided in the operator
network (Intranet).
Conventional IPv4 services are provided to the
mobile users having IPv4 or dual stack
terminals.

Second Phase

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IPv6 is widely deployed - numerous services

are implemented on the IPv6
IPv6 Internet does not yet have a 100 per cent
connectivity and tunneling via IPv4 Internet may
still be needed.

Native IPV4 Terminal

Three cases are shown

Connection to an IPv4 host in Intranet

Connection to an IPv4 host via public Internet
Connection to an IPv4 host via public Internet using private IP addresses and NAT in
the operator network.

Operator Network

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Dual stack IPV4 terminal in IPV6 mode

The dual stack terminal is operating in IPv6 mode.

The packets are routed via IPv6 Internet or tunneled via IPv4 Internet to the
peer host having a "6to4" type of address.
The edge router makes the "6to4" tunneling (encapsulation / decapsulation).

Operator Network

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The Co-Existence scenario

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Conclusions

Transition urgency for India

Comprehensive planning and phased execution

Gradual, controlled transition to IPv6 in 2G / 3G mobile networks is

feasible.

Transition mechanisms are vital, because the change from IPv4 to

IPv6 is not going to happen overnight.

The principal transition mechanisms used are dual IPv4 / IPv6

stacks / tunneling and Translators (such as NAT-PT) depending on
the infra readiness

The final target architecture is to make all services function on the

IPv6 platform

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Thank You

Email your questions to

sriram.tvs@wipro.com
vismay.sood@wipro.com

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