IPv6 for networks supporting subscription access services

Abstract

On the one hand, the depletion of IPv4 addresses and the high density of equipment connected to the network, even with the eventual advent of the Internet of Things, and, on the other hand, users demanding greater bandwidth, had become more latent the need to work on the constant increase of these two resources: IP addresses and access rate to the data network. This research focuses on analyzing the current strategies for the transition to IPv6, aimed at increasing the IP addresses available to the user; and inserting these strategies into a broadband network, which is the ideal scenario for the users to satisfy their demand to access to more network resources, with higher speed. In this research, a proposal is made to face with the depletion of IPv4 in a broadband service provider, through the analysis of different techniques for the transition process towards a complete IPv6 network. First, two ways to solve the problem of IPv4 depletion are analyzed, with its respective advantages and disadvantages. Then, the IPv6 broadband technical solutions are described along with their impact on the equipment and architecture of a broadband network, based on the standards that govern this type of networks. Each of these solutions is analyzed and, finally, one of them is chosen, based on some key indicators.