DocumentCode
2782029
Title
IPv6 - The Network Protocol of the Future
Author
Fairhurst, G.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Aberdeen, Aberdeen
fYear
2008
fDate
26-28 Aug. 2008
Firstpage
7
Lastpage
12
Abstract
IPv4 is the network protocol of the current Internet, defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force, IETF. This paper describes the IETF´s successor to IPv4, known as IPv6. It examines why we may now need this, and describes some implications of changing the Internet to use IPv6.
Keywords
IP networks; protocols; IPv6; Internet Engineering Task Force; network protocol; Authentication; IP networks; Labeling; Middleware; Next generation networking; Privacy; Protocols; Web and internet services;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems, 2008. ASMS 2008. 4th
Conference_Location
Bologna
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2160-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ASMS.2008.7
Filename
4620230
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