• DocumentCode
    1319092
  • Title

    IPv6: Any Closer to Adoption?

  • Author

    Leavitt, Neal

  • Author_Institution
    Leavitt Communications
  • Volume
    44
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    14
  • Lastpage
    16
  • Abstract
    This article discusses about Internet engineers have said adopting IPv6 is important because the number of available IPv4 addresses is rapidly decreasing. However, IPv6 adoption is still minimal. This means that expanding networks will still need new IPv4 addresses.
  • Keywords
    IP networks; Internet; IPv4 address; IPv6; Internet engineer; IETF; IPv4; IPv6; Internet Engineering Task Force; NAT; Network address translation; Regional Internet registry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2011.284
  • Filename
    6017167