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Lectures notes for 2010 - KTH

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Why IPv6?<br />

• solves Internet scaling problem<br />

• “eliminates” the problem of running out of addresses<br />

• allows route aggregation - which allows the size of the routing tables in the backbone routers<br />

to decrease<br />

• flexible transition (interworks with IPv4)<br />

• meets the needs of new markets<br />

• new functionality<br />

• real-time flows<br />

• provider selection<br />

• host mobility<br />

• end-to-end security<br />

• auto-configuration - chapter 4, “Plug and Play” in IPv6, 2nd edition, by<br />

Christian Huitema - this a very major advantage of IPv6. See also [21]<br />

Maguire Why IPv6? 10: 44 of 54<br />

maguire@kth.se <strong>2010</strong>.03.21 Internetworking/Internetteknik

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