Next generation internet protocol -Technical realms

Even as the rate of IPv6 deployment increases, there continues to be a number of key technical, operational and political challenges that have limited the overall adoption rate of IPv6. This paper is intended to explore the IPv6 technical features, advantages, research improvements, potential business benefits. This paper also investigates how some of the challenges have slowed the transition process to date and will also address some of the common myths about IPv6 adoption. A special attention is paid on this paper to highlight the key issues behind the IPv6 co-existence with IPv4 and to accelerate and promote the research directions. The paper will help the companies and enterprises to realize the benefits and move to the immediate deployment of IPv6 enterprise environments globally.