Pros and Cons of IPv6 Transition Technologies for IPv4aaS
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IPv6 Operations Working Group                                 G. Lencse
Internet Draft                                                     BUTE
Intended status: Informational                        J. Palet Martinez
Expires: April 2018                                    The IPv6 Company
                                                              L. Howard
                                                                Retevia
                                                           R. Patterson
                                                                 Sky UK
                                                       October 22, 2018

         Pros and Cons of IPv6 Transition Technologies for IPv4aaS
               draft-lmhp-v6ops-transition-comparison-01.txt

Abstract

   Several IPv6 transition technologies can be used to provide IPv4-as-
   a-service (IPv4aaS) to the customers, while the ISPs have only IPv6
   in their access and or core network. All these technologies have
   their advantages and disadvantages. Depending on several various
   conditions and preferences, different technologies may prove to be
   the most appropriate solution. This document examines the five most
   prominent IPv4aaS technologies considering several different aspects
   in order to provide network operators with an easy to use guideline
   for selecting the technology that suit their needs the best.

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Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ................................................. 3
   2. High-level Architectures and their Consequences .............. 3
      2.1. Service Provider Network Traversal ...................... 3
      2.2. IPv4 Address Sharing .................................... 4
   3. Detailed Analysis ............................................ 4
      3.1. Architectural Differences ............................... 4
         3.1.1. 464XLAT ............................................ 4
         3.1.2. DS-Lite ............................................ 5
         3.1.3. Lw4o6 .............................................. 5
         3.1.4. MAP-E .............................................. 6
         3.1.5. MAP-T .............................................. 6
         3.1.6. Basic Comparison ................................... 6
      3.2. Tradeoff between Port Number Efficiency and Stateless
             Operation ............................................. 7
      3.3. Support for Server Operation ............................ 9
      3.4. Support and Implementations ............................. 9
         3.4.1. OS Support ......................................... 9
         3.4.2. Support in Cellular and Broadband Networks ......... 9
         3.4.3. Implementation Code Sizes ......................... 10
      3.5. Typical Deployment and Traffic Volume Considerations ... 10
         3.5.1. Deployment Possibilities .......................... 10
         3.5.2. Cellular Networks with 464XLAT .................... 10
      3.6. Load Sharing ........................................... 11
      3.7. Logging ................................................ 11
   4. Performance Comparison ...................................... 11
   5. Security Considerations ..................................... 12
   6. IANA Considerations ......................................... 12