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Etisalat IPv6 Deployment Strategy

Arab Regional Workshop onIP STRATEGIES AND IDN ISSUESDamascus – Syria 16-18,May 2006

By A. Moeen AqrabawiSenior Engineer Planning Converged Network – Etisalat

aqrabawi@eim.ae ipv6@nic.ae

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AgendaAgenda

• Introduction to IPv6 deployment and strategies

• IPv6 Deployment at the Etisalat Backbone Network

• IPv6 Deployment at the Etisalat Internet Exchanges

• IPv6 Deployment at the Etisalat Access Networks

• Current Etisalat IPv6 Deployment Status & Experience

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Introduction to IPv6

Deployment

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Motivation to Adopt IPv6

• Larger address space for global reachability and scalability

• Simplified header for routing efficiency and performance

• Efficient support for routing and route aggregation

• Server-less auto-configuration, easier renumbering, multi-homing, and improved plug and play support

• Security with mandatory IP Security (IPSec) support for all IPv6 devices

• Improved support for Mobile IP and mobile computing devices

• Enhanced multicast support with increased addresses and efficient mechanisms

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IPv4 Address Space Report Regional Internet Registry

RIRsIPv4 Address Space Exhaustion Predictors

Complete Exhaustion of all available IPv4 Address Space

Report Showed on 2004 : July 2040 Report Showed on 2006 : May 2027

Exhaustion of the IPv4 Unallocated Address Pool Report Showed on 2004 : October 2018

Report showed on 2006: Sep 2011

http://bgp.potaroo.net/ipv4/

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Emirates IPv4 Address Space Report / UAEnic

(LIR)

Address Space IPs Year. Utilization.194.170.0.0/16 65,534 1995 100%195.229.0.0/16 65,534 1997 100%

213.42.0.0/16 65,534 1999 100%

217.164.0.0/15 131,070 2001 50%

83.110.0.0/15Additional /15

131,070131,070

20042006

50 %5%

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Before Deploying IPv6• Before beginning to plan to deploy IPv6, you should familiarize yourself with IPv6 , Most of the definition of IPv6 is under the control of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) refer to http://www.ietf.org

•What the others are doing !?, The IPv6 Forum was created in 1999 to promote and advocate the IPv6 protocols and their deployment http://www.ipv6forum.com

• You need to know some IPv6 basics like: IPv6 address types and formats ICMPv6, neighbor discovery, security, and mobility IPv6 routing protocol OSPFv3, BGP4+,IS-IS, RIPng, EIGRPv6 IPv6 integration and coexistence strategies ,vendors support

IPv6 host configuration (Solaris, Microsoft, and FreeBSD) What to test in IPv6 and How !? How to connect to the IPv6 Internet

• You need to answer questions like Why (Motivation) !?, What is your strategy, Scope, Plan, Budget and timeline !?, and how you are going to deploy !? .

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How to Plan Deploying IPv6 ?

ISPs should plan IPv6 deployment in three phases:

1. Providing an IPv6 service at the customer access level 2. Running IPv6 within the core infrastructure itself 3. Interconnecting with other IPv6 service providers

Service Providers

Enterprises

Two key ways of evaluating and assessing IPv6 products and services are:

1. Set up an IPv6 domain and connect to an existing network2. Set up two or more IPv6 domains and interconnect them over your

existing IPv4 infrastructures

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Pre-Deployment TasksBefore deploying IPv6,

1. Get and Plan your IPv6 address space, (service provider) you need to register for an IPv6 address contact RIRs LIRs , (enterprise) request an IPv6 prefix from your service provider

2. Set up your DNS,

3. Select IPv6 Network management tools,

4. And select required routing protocols.

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Deployment StrategiesA wide range of techniques have been identified and implemented worldwide, basically falling into the following categories:

– (1) dual-stack techniques, to allow IPv4 and IPv6 to co-exist in the same devices and networks

– (2) tunneling techniques, to avoid dependencies when upgrading hosts, routers, or regions

– (3) translation techniques, to allow IPv6-only devices to communicate with IPv4-only devices

– (4) Dedicated Data Links, new IPv6 sites or migrating existing sites.

All of these are used in combination

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IPv6 Deployment at

Etisalat Network

Backbone

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Etisalat Network

MPLSMulti ServicesTransport Core Network

Metro NGN

Data AccessPoPs

Voice Access sites

Data CentresDubai

Data CentresAbu Dhabi Video

Access Sites

Internet ExchangeAUH

Internet ProvidersInternational Customers

Internet ExchangeDubai

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Etisalat Core Network IPv6 over MPLS

IPv6 over MPLS backbones enables isolated IPv6 domains to communicate with each other over an MPLS IPv4 core network. (Etisalat MSC is a transparent Core network)

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IPv6 Deployment in MPLS Multi-Services Network Backbone plans• IPv6 Fixed-Mobile Convergence Services (FMC) support• Mobile IPv6 clients and seamless handover support• IP multimedia subsystem (IMS-IPv6) support• IPv6 VPN services• IPv6 integration with MPLS/GMPLS • IPv6 over MPLS• MPLS based IPv6 tunneling

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IPv6 Deployment at

Etisalat Internet

Exchange (EMIX)

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Emirates Internet Exchange (EMIX)www.emix.ae

• EMIX established (1998) , it is the first Network Access Point (NAP), in the GCC, Middle East and one of the first NAPs in the African and Asian regions, built on multiples of STM-1/STM-4 Fiber Optic Cables.

• 40 STM-1/4 links (6200 Mbps) Total Bandwidth

• From three cable providers in the region Flag and SMW-3 and SMW-4.

• Distributed between eastern side and western side of the world.

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EMIX Customers and Peering Links

Emirates Internet ExchangeUAE Node - DXB

Pakistan cybernet

ZanzibarZantel

Zanzinet

Iran Kish Trading

SudanSudatel

SomaliaPeering

Singtel Exchange

PeeringMalaysia Exchange

PeeringNY Internet Exchange

200 Mbps

PeeringTaiwan Exchange

OmanOmanTel

PeeringHong Kong

UAEeCompany

UAEDIC Peering

India

PeeringQatar

PeeringBahrain

PeeringJapan

PeeringKUIX

PeeringNACAMAR

PeeringCOLT

PeeringTimeWarner

Telecom

PeeringHurricane Electric

PeeringNYI

PeeringDACOM

PeeringHinet

PeeringDemon

PeeringNet

Access

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