Title :
IPv6 - The Network Protocol of the Future
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Aberdeen, Aberdeen
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;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems, 2008. ASMS 2008. 4th
Conference_Location :
Bologna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2160-2
DOI :
10.1109/ASMS.2008.7
