Angel David Otero

Dr. Carl Rebman

MSIT 526

November 1, 2005

Technology Research Outline:

Internet Protocol version 6

1)      Introduction to IPv6 and Background

a)      IPv4 Address Space

i)        Current IANA IP Address Space Allocation

ii)       Network Address Translation and CIDR

b)      Rationale for IPv6

i)        History of IPv6 and IPv5

ii)       6Bone

iii)     Internet2

iv)     Address Space, Hierarchy and Aggregation

v)      Address Auto-Configuration

vi)     Multicast Use

2)      IPv6 Details

a)      Header, Extensions, Security

b)      Migration Schemes

i)        Dual Stack

ii)       Tunneling IPv6 over IPv4

iii)     IPv6-only to IPv4-only

iv)     NAT-PT

c)      Routing

i)        Static Routing, BGP4+, OSPFv3, RIPng, IS-IS, EIGRP

d)      Host Internetworking

3)      Business Impact of IPv6

a)      Implementation Strategies

b)      Costs Associated with Implementation

c)      Examples of Enterprises Implementing IPv6