US IPv6 Deployment
• > 25% of US customers connected to Google via IPv6 - up from 10% one year ago today & growing rapidly
IPv4 is toast.The State of IPv6•Over 10% of the world uses facebook over IPv6
Over 10% 2015
1%6/6/2012
We’ve been there.How Do We Know?
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Management, growth, & IPv6
• 97+% of devices are managed using IPv6 only
• Management use of IPv6 (only) is one of the largest deployments of IPv6 worldwide
• Trending towards 100% of all new and existing devices managed using IPv6 only, no IPv4
IPv6 only growth
Broadband and IPv6
• 80+% of customers provisioned with native dual stack
• IPv6 deployed across 100% of broadband network (as of May 2014)
• IPv6 traffic estimated to be over ~20%
June 2012
Today
What’s now? What’s next?
•More content, more consumer electronics!•All Comcast products and services to support IPv6•Comcast’s next generation entertainment operating system X1 actively migrating to IPv6 only
• IPv4 as a Service (IPv4aaS) for Broadband• IPv6 only for Comcast Digital Voice
Why IPv6?
• IPv6 is not just about more IP addresses, any longer.
• IPv6 performs better than IPv4
• IPv6 is simpler operationally and is not difficult to deploy
• IPv6 is your platform for innovation
John Jason Brzozowski ([email protected])
IPv6 at Verizon Wireless
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IPv6 at Verizon Wireless
• Verizon LTE capable devices are required to support IPv6
• First device launched in late 2010 (USB dongle)
• IPv6 supported on LTE and 3G networks
• IMS based services are provided over v6 onlyo SMSo VoLTE / ViLTEo RCS (future)
• Internet APN is dual stackedo Globally routable v6 (/64 prefix)o NATed IPv4o v6 preferred
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Why Bother ?
• IPv4 address exhaustiono Exhaustion issue accelerated by modern “always-connected” devices
• CGN’s are problematic for certain apps / protocolso Performance hit
• Needed to support accelerated growth of mobile, m2m & IoT
• IPv6 allows Verizon Wireless to provide globally routable addresses once againo No more CGNo Higher quality connection
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Measurements
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IPV6 USE CASE UPDATECES 2106, JANUARY 5
LIMOR SCHAFMANCHAIR EMERITUS, IPV6 FORUM ISRAELDIRECTOR OF CONTENT DEVELOPMENT, TIA [email protected] @LIMORSCHAFMAN
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MOBILITY IS THE KEY DRIVERMobility is THE v6 adoption driver:• Not enough addresses in v4 for the mobile future
• Always connected; Seamless User Experience; Load rebalancing; Cloud Abstraction• IoT is one of the key subcategories of mobility - 50B devices
• Connected Car; eHealth; Connected Retail• Efficient IoT networks require intelligent end2end communications.• Edge communications is the trend in IoT and mobile communications
development overall• Smart Grid • NFV & SDN – unlimited scaling at routing level • 5G – mandate v6 native; critical 21
OTT APP AS V6 ADOPTION DRIVER• Top v6 users in the U.S. (and around the world) are OTT and IoT service providers• Native v6
• Google – 10% global and 25% US of Internet users • Google App Engine• Google IaaS
• Facebook – for their own network see 15% efficiency• LinkedIn• YouTube
• v4/v6 or v4• Yahoo, Twitter, AWS
OTT and other real-time high bandwidth services will benefit from a non-translate future. V6 will allow for the efficiency at the network layer of better networking and compression which will be needed.
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V6 ADOPTION ISSUES• Cost of redesigning/replacing LAN infrastructure• Underdeveloped security• “Wait until mature” mentality; will; vision• Training and understanding v6 thoroughly• Mapping v4 thinking to v6• Hardware was and at times is still not ready, properly vetted or tested, need
proper scalability testing• Different understandings/interpretations of the protocol• Recognize that all companies are part of an ecosystem and v6 needs to be
active throughout• Nascent SLAs
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V6 ADOPTION ISSUES• Convincing mgt that cost of v6 is no different than v4• V4 transition – helpful and a hindrance
• End to end IPSec security• Mobile IPv6• Qos Functionality with the Flow Label
• Cost of redesigning/replacing LAN infrastructure• New network (LAN) deployment only opportunity for orgs to adopt beyond edge
utilization. As start bringing v6 to the LAN will see the shortcomings in management and security and start to fix them.
• Multi-service provider routing and multi-homing• Networks have their own PIA – Provider Independent Addressing 24
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Designed fault tolerant, extremely scalable network and service management systems for tecom operators and multinational enterprises. It’s aim is to be the primary Spime platform for IoT. Has 25 data centers.Chose v6 in 2001 because:• Customers require: rapid implementation, global coverage, strict SLAs so• V6 greatly simplifies Thing addressing and routing
• Linear scalability to millions of devices communicating bidirectionally• Require continuous service without large service-affecting infrastructue and
architecture upgrades – this impossible with v4 NATS/PT • Instant creation of a service with connectivity, computing and storage• Situational awareness and immediate change possibility• Reachable global IPs to avoid future renumbering
• 20% less outages due to v6 seamless deployment
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Issues:• Router and switch manufacturer limited v6 support
• Basic functions in place but low throughput + some routing features only partly implemented
• Took until 2009 for Linux IPv6 stack to be as reliable as v4• V6 a good start but still need unique, verifiable IDs so BaseN uses Spimes
Quotes:
“Products are being transformed into services. Kone no longer sells elevators or escalators, but is a “people flow” service, as they put it.”
“The era of the IT department is clearly over.”
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One part of what they are creating is called DREN (Defense Research and Engineering Network)
- Nationwide high speed, low latency, R&D network connecting the centers and major user communities
Developed under Chief Engineer Ron Broersma, leader in IPv6
Have moved IPv6 from being deployed along side IPv4, to being the dominant protocol.
The change in focus changed the engineering approach, operations, security, and procurement.
Teams think IPv6 first.
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Project Loon – Balloons for rural Internet access
Project Fi – Bettering wifi connections with multiple carriers
• Devices have the capacity, now enable themGoogle Fiber
Using IPv6 for• Increased agility across networks• Simplified endpoint configuration and connectivity (unique endpoint addressing)
WHY V6• Massive scalability
• Easier implementation • More intuitive• Large number of virtual interfaces• Network design more efficient and operationally easier to manage• Direct connectivity required between internal and external systems
• IPv6 performs better (99% of the time; improvement 3-15%)
• Automatic Deployment• Ease of provisioning• Dynamic allocation of capacity• Mandated encryption
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