IPv6 Task Force

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Ministry of Communications IT Department of
Telecommunications
National IPv6 Deployment Roadmap Implementation
of Actionable Points thereof by Central State
Governments Meeting with Defence Ministry Nodal
Officers South Block N.Delhi 26.10.2010
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Contents

• Brief on Internet Protocol IP Addresses
• Our Countrys need for IP addresses
• Initiatives by Govt. and activities of TEC
• Important extracts from TEC workshops
• National IPv6 Deployment Roadmap and
  Actionable Points
• IPv6 Task Force Structure functions
• Proposed Ipv6 Deployment Plan for Govt. Dep
• Questions/Queries

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Preparing for Future Communications
The Internet Architecture is based on the
Internet Protocol (IP). This protocol connects
different network elements like router, servers,
hosts, computers, Radio Frequency Identification
(RFID) devices, mobile phones, sensors etc. This
protocol specifies that each device should have a
unique address to communicate globally with other
devices on the Network. This address is known as
the IP Address.
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Internet Protocol IP Address
IP Address The Internet Protocol (IP) specifies
that each device (router, servers, hosts,
computers, Radio Frequency Identification devices
(RFID) , mobile phones, sensors etc. )on a
network should have a unique address to
communicate globally with other devices on the
Network.
ROLE OF IP ADDRESS ?
WHO ? Identification of Parties to the Communication Transaction
WHERE ? Determine the network location of the Identified Party
HOW ? Used to support Routing Decisions
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IP Address Schemes
IPV4 Address (Present)
IPV6 Address (Future)

• Total Addresses 232 4 billion
• Some addresses are reserved for special purposes
  like private networks or multicast addresses.
  However practicall only 250 million addresses
  are usable.

Total Addresses 2128 340 billion, billion,
billion, billion
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Where do IP addresses come from?
Standards
Allocation
Allocation
Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) distribute
IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to the Internet
community RIRs maintain accurate registration
of Internet resource usage for the community
Assignment
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A quick summary

• IPv4 addresses are a finite resource
• Less than 5 remaining
• But the demand for IP addresses will keep growing
• More devices are requiring IP addresses
• IP addresses are a pre-requisite for broadband
  penetration
• The remaining 5 is not large enough to support
  such demand
• IPv6 is the only solution !

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Why our country needs adequate IP Addresses ?
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• India ranks 18 in IPv4 address allocation
  behind Taiwan and Netherlands
• IPv4 address stats US-1.4B, CN-204M, JP-159M,
  NL-22M, IN-18.8M
• Anomaly At rank 3, India has great Internet
  potential by usage but grossly insufficient
  resources

INTERNET USAGE in India vs. RoW
Source http//www.bgpexpert.com/addressespercou
ntry.php (As on 31/3/2009 with inputs from
Nielsen Online and ITU)
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Adequate IP Addresses for Wireless Data Services
Rapidly Growing Mobile Data Subscribers
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Adequate IP Addresses for the following

• Next Generation Networks (NGN)
• All types of Communication devices in 4G scenario
• For expanding the countrys e-governance
  infrastructure
• Organizational Networks, Public servers and
  websites etc.

ALL Communication Networks and Devices will need
IP Addresses
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World IPv4 Address Scenario
Country Country Code Addresses(million) Per Capita
United States US 1474.319 5.297
China CN 194.425 0.152
Japan JP 153.327 1.210
European Union EU 114.103 -
Germany DE 85.300 1.038
Canada CA 76.197 2.446
South Korea KR 72.239 1.542
United Kingdom GB 70.795 1.187
France FR 68.385 1.155
Australia AU 37.378 1.979
Italy IT 32.344 0.561
Brazil BR 29.755 0.175
Russian Federation RU 24.919 0.170
Taiwan TW 24.681 1.109
Spain ES 22.065 0.559
Mexico MX 21.503 0.217
Netherlands NL 21.249 1.339
Sweden SE 18.998 2.144
India IN 18.312 0.018
http//www.bgpexpert.com/addressespercountry.php
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Solution ?

• Only 18.5 million IPv4 addresses for a
  population of 1.2 billion in India.
• But the requirement for IP addresses will keep
  increasing with new services, new networks, new
  applications.
• Telecommunications will be largest consumer of IP
  addresses in coming years (Broadband, 3G, NGN,
  4G, LTE etc.)
• IPv4 is a diminishing resource and is very
  costly compared to IPv6 right now and will be
  more costlier with passage of time
• IPv6 is the only solution !

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IPv4 Consumption Projection
Expected IANA Pool Depletion - October
2011 Expected RIR Pool Depletion - August 2012
Current Availability 16 blocks (of /8
addresses) 268 million for whole
world Consumption 2 blocks / month
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How IPv6 will help ?

• Large Address Space 128-bit addressing scheme,
  practically unlimited addresses to connect every
  possible device
• End to End Communication Useful from Security
  angle since every device on the network can be
  traced, not possible in IPv4 due to NAT (Network
  Address Translation)
• Improved Security using IPSec Mandatory
  implementation in IPv6 ensures that all
  transmission is secured
• Support for 4G, NGN IP is mandatory in 4G
  technologies like LTE and NGN implementations, so
  IPv6 is only option
• IP Mobility Cellular telephony like features in
  IP networks is possible new Greenfield
  Applications possible

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Risks of Not Implementing IPV6

• Partition of the Internet - Absence of wide
  enough deployment of IPV6 will cause the
  partition of the Internet , some regions will
  deploy IPV6 and some will run on IPV4 using NATs
• Barriers to Innovation and New services -
  Application developers have to build increasingly
  complex central gateways to allow NATted
  clients to communicate with each other
• p2p applications
• VoIP
• Video Conferencing
• Collaborative environment
• However, each IPV6 device connected to the
  network is potentially a P2P device.

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Initiatives by Government
Various issues on IPv6 were deliberated at
different levels in DoT, DIT,TRAI and other
Stakeholders during previous years based on which
Telecom Commission in 2009 entrusted TEC for IPv6
related activities in addition to others
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IPv6 Activities of TEC
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• Workshops conducted by TEC

Sr No. Date Venue Theme
1 21st July 2009 New Delhi Migration from IPv4 to IPv6 in India
2 15th Sept 2009 Bangalore IPv6 Transition and Greenfield Applications in India
3 22nd October 2009 Chennai IPv6 as a New Platform for Innovation
4 27th Nov 2009 Mumbai IPv6 New opportunities for the Country
5 22nd Jan 2010 Kolkata IPv6 Migration Timeframe by Consensus or Mandate
These workshops were well attended by more than 1000 participants involving all telecom service providers, manufacturers, industry associations, industries, govt. departments, educational institutions (IITs, IISc etc.) These workshops were well attended by more than 1000 participants involving all telecom service providers, manufacturers, industry associations, industries, govt. departments, educational institutions (IITs, IISc etc.) These workshops were well attended by more than 1000 participants involving all telecom service providers, manufacturers, industry associations, industries, govt. departments, educational institutions (IITs, IISc etc.) These workshops were well attended by more than 1000 participants involving all telecom service providers, manufacturers, industry associations, industries, govt. departments, educational institutions (IITs, IISc etc.)

• Training Programme with APNIC, Australia (25-26th
  Nov 2009, Mumbai)
• MoU with the IPV6 Forum for IPv6 Activities in
  India
• International Summit with IPv6 Forum (15-16th Dec
  2009, New Delhi)
• Appointment of Nodal Officers in Central State
  Govt. Departments for IPv6 Deployment

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Some Important Extracts from Workshops

• Suitable policy framework by Govt. for smooth
  Transition.
• Specific deadlines for Transition
• Creation of IPv6 Task Force and working Groups
• More Training and awareness activities
• Guidance to SME service providers and
  organizations on implementing IPv6
• Govt. departments should take IP-based services
  from only IPv6 ready ISPs after a certain period
  of time
• Promoting Pilot projects in Greenfield
  Applications

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Based on various IPv6 activities and discussions
with stakeholders a need for a suitable policy
was felt for timely implementation of IPv6 in the
country. Accordingly TEC has prepared the
National IPv6 Deployment Roadmap, which has
been approved by the Government and has been
released by Honble MOCIT in July 2010.

• Actionable Points of National IPv6 Deployment
  Roadmap
• All major Service providers (having at least
  10,000 internet customers or STM-1 bandwidth)
  will target to handle IPv6 traffic and offer IPv6
  services by December-2011.
• All central and State government ministries and
  departments, including its PSUs, shall start
  using IPv6 services by March-2012.
• Formation of the IPv6 Task Force with the
  proposed structure.

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IPv6 Task Force

• The Task Force will broadly have the following
  units
• Working Groups ( 9 )
• Steering Committee (1)
• Oversight Committee (1)

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Proposed Lead Organizations for Working Groups
Sr.No. Name of the Working Group Proposed Lead Service Provider / Organization
1. Training and Awareness WG
2. IPv6 Network Implementation WG
3. Standards and Specifications Working Group
4.. India6 Network WG
5. Experimental IPv6 Network WG
6. Pilot Project WG
7. Applications support WG
8. Knowledge Resource Development Working Group
9. IPv6 Implementation in the Government Working Group
Note Each working Group will be headed by a Lead
Organization
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Stakeholders in IPv6 Deployment

• DoT/TEC
• DIT (NIC, NIXI, ERNET etc.)
• Different Government Departments (Central
  State)
• Industry Associations (COAI , AUSPI ,CMAI, TEMA,
  ISPAI etc.)
• All telecom and internet service providers
• Cable TV Industry representatives
• Educational Institutions (IITs, IISc, NIITs
  etc.)
• IPv6 Forum, IPTV Forum etc.
• Equipment Vendors
• Content Providers
• Software vendors

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Proposed IPv6 Deployment Plan for Government
Departments
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IPv6 Deployment in Govt. Departments

• The following activities are required to be
  carried out by the different government
  departments for migrating to IPv6 by March 2012-
• Policy development
• Decision Making
• Service Planning
• Workforce Training
• Decision on plan
• Design and Technology verification
• Equipment Selection
• Equipment procurement and system building
• Operation and maintenance System preparation
• Launching of Services

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Suggested Activities to be taken up by Govt.
Departments
Sr. No. Activity Proposed Target Date
1. Appointment of State Nodal Officer 31.8.2010
2. Circulation of letters, guidelines, checklist etc. to all ministries / organizations / educational institutions / PSUs etc. and orders on appointment of departmental nodal officers to all Departments 15.9.2010
3. Appointment of Next level Departmental Nodal Officers 30.9.2010
4. Form a State Transition Team consisting of concerned officers experts from stakeholders like service provider, vendors, software developers etc.) for giving technical advice and look into issues concerned with transition to IPv6 31.10.2010
5. Call a meeting of all ministries, organizations, educational institutions, PSUs etc. and discuss the following issues Instructions issued by DoT Checklists issued by TEC Annexure A B of Roadmap Preparation of equipment reports 30.11.2010
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Suggested Activities to be taken up by Govt.
Departments
Sr. No. Activity Proposed Target Date
6. Reports preparations based on activities in Sr. No. 5 31.12.2010
7. Audit of Equipment Reports by other Agency 15.01.2011
8. Based on the Equipment Audit Reports, prepare an Equipment replacement plan to phase out non-compliant hardware and software. Assistance may be taken from State Transition Team 15.02.2011
9. Based on the replacement plan, prepare a procurement plan for different ministries / departments 15.03.2011
10. Identify persons for IPv6 training and send them on training (Parallel Activity) A continuous process
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Suggested Activities to be taken up by Govt.
Departments
Sr. No. Activity Proposed Target Date
11. Float tenders for procurement of hardware and software as per the plans 15.04.2011
12. IPv6 Address Allocation Policy 30.06.2011
13. Set up a pilot test network either centrally or in each department for testing and training 31.07.2011
14. Equipment Procurement and deployment in the network 31.10.2011
15. Testing of hardware and software and migration of applications 28.02.2012
16. Launch of IPv6 Services 31.03.2012
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Preliminary Checklist for Migration from IPv4 to
IPv6 in India (Annexure-A)

• Nodal officers to take up the creation of
  transition teams
• Auditing of Computers and Networking Equipments
  in the Organization
• Auditing of Operating Systems and Application
  software for IPv6 capabilities
• Ensure that all new equipment purchases will be
  IPv6 compliant
• Transition and procurement plan for phased
  replacement of non compliant hardware and
  software.

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• Preparation of transition plan in consultation
  with service providers
• Service providers giving internet and leased
  lines will be asked to provide IPv6 connectivity
• Setup pilot IPv6 network in the organization for
  training of staff and testing purpose also
• Application migration can begin with organization
  website to support IPv6
• .Deployment of IPv6 in Phases using technology
  for interoperability of IPv4 IPv6 (Dual
  Stack, Tunelling, Translation)

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Few Suggested Applications for Pilot projects
using IPv6

• Logistics and Supply Chain
• Intelligent Transport System
• Intelligent Warfare
• Rural Emergency Healthcare System
• Tele-medicine
• Tele-education
• Smartgrids
• Smart Buildings
• (Many more such applications are available)

Different Ministries, Government Departments and
Organizations in Private Sector can come forward
to Work on these and similar Pilot Projects.
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Questions Queries
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THANKS
R. M. AGARWAL Deputy Director General
(SA) Telecommunication Engineering Centre E-mail
ddgsa.tec_at_gov.in
www.tec.gov.in