NCO IPv6 Deployment

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NCO IPv6 Deployment

• May 15th, 2007
• Doubletree Hotel Crystal City
• Arlington, Virginia
• (William D. Ivancic) NCO PC Vice Chairman

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Five Top NCO Hot Topics

• Network Architecture and Addressing
• IPv4 vs IPv6 for Aeronautics Networks and
  Space-based Networks
• Network Layer Security (IPsec)
• Aeronautics and Space-based Networks
• Mobile Networks
• Ad Hoc Networks
• International Interoperability
• ITAR and Equivalents
• Coalition Operations
• Machine-to-machine communications
• Software Defined Radio

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Key NCO AIAA External Activities

• Engage Technical Committees in NCO IPv6
  Deployments
• NASA Constellation Program Command,
  Communication, Control and Interoperability (C3I)
  specification
• IPv6 for Aeronautical Networks
• IETF IPv6 network mobility participation
• Monami6 - Mobile Nodes and Multiple Interfaces in
  IPv6
• Nemo - Network Mobility
• Mobile Platform Internet (MPI)
• http//www.multicasttech.com/mpi/
• Lunar6 IPv6 NCO testbed for space-base networks
• Based on moonv6 testbed concept
• Industry/Academia/NASA combined space network
  testbeds
• Minimize Cost / Maximize Return
• Train new engineers on space-based NCO issues
• Perform Human Factors Research
• Protocol Development and Deployment using
  operational systems
• International Interoperability and Security via
  real-world operations
• AIAA-NOAA NetCentric Seminar, May 16, 2007

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Technology Roadmap (s)
EVENTS
All US Govt. Agencies Backbone IPv6 Capable
First flight of the Orion spacecraft.
IETF NEMO Problem Statement
Internet Router In Space (IRIS)
2007
Effectively Out of Public IPv4 Addresses
DOD and intelligence agencies plan to push IPv6
to their classified networks no later than
2010. (Non-Space)
Microsoft VISTA IPv6 ON by Default
IPv6 used throughout 2008 Summer
Olympics Beijing, China
IPv6 NCO Industry/Academia/NASA integrated space
network testbeds testbed for space-base networks
NEEDS
Security Key and Policy Management and
Distribution (Particularly for Mobile Systems)
Initiate Development of New Aviation Radios for
IP Networking
IPv6 Addressing for Civil Aviation Possible
ICAO Responsibility
2007
IPv6 IPsec Space Qualified Encryptors
Space-Qualified Router and Software Defined
Radio
IPv6 Addressing for Space Possible CCSDS
Responsibility
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Major NCO Area Milestones

• NASA Constellation Project has adopted IP
  (Internet Protocols) as bases for communication.
• Debate ongoing as to whether or not IPv6 should
  be implemented at the start.

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NCO Funding Issues

• Aeronautics community is not supporting or active
  in international standards for Network Protocols
• IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)
• ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization)
• New Radio Systems need to be developed for
  aviation and space to provide greater bandwidth
• Required for NCO
• Required for upper protocol layer security above
  the radio link.
• Investment required for space-qualified
  network-layer security devices
• IPsec
• HAIPE (High Assurance Internet Protocol
  Encryptor)