• 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