An Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Profile for 3GPP Mobile Devices
draft-ietf-v6ops-mobile-device-profile-09
V6OPS Working Group D. Binet
Internet-Draft M. Boucadair
Intended status: Informational France Telecom
Expires: February 14, 2015 A. Vizdal
Deutsche Telekom AG
C. Byrne
T-Mobile
G. Chen
China Mobile
August 13, 2014
An Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Profile for 3GPP Mobile Devices
draft-ietf-v6ops-mobile-device-profile-09
Abstract
This document defines an IPv6 profile that a number of operators
recommend in order to connect 3GPP mobile devices to an IPv6-only or
dual-stack wireless network (including 3GPP cellular network and IEEE
802.11 network).
This document defines a different profile than the one for general
connection to IPv6 cellular networks defined in the IPv6 for Third
Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Cellular Hosts document. In
particular, this document identifies also features to deliver IPv4
connectivity service over an IPv6-only transport.
Both hosts and devices with capability to share their WAN (Wide Area
Network) connectivity are in scope.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2. Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3. Language Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Connectivity Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1. WLAN Connectivity Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3. Advanced Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4. Recommendations for Cellular Devices with LAN Capabilities . 11
5. APIs & Applications Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1. Introduction
IPv6 deployment in 3GPP mobile networks is the only perennial
solution to the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses in those networks.
Several mobile operators have already deployed IPv6 [RFC2460] or are
in the pre-deployment phase. One of the major hurdles encountered by
mobile operators is the availability of non-broken IPv6
implementation in mobile devices.
[RFC7066] lists a set of features to be supported by cellular hosts
to connect to 3GPP mobile networks. In the light of recent IPv6
production deployments, additional features to facilitate IPv6-only
deployments while accessing IPv4-only service are to be considered.
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