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Numbering, Naming, Addressing and We are also developing key GRs to describe the impact
Routing of IPv6 on SDN and NFV, Cloud computing, safety and
emergency services, the industrial Internet (6TiSCH), the
Our Network Technologies committee (TC NTECH) will tactile Internet, security, root servers and the challenges
complete a study on the impact of alphanumeric user arising from the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 and their
identifiers on interconnection scenarios.
co-existence. We will then identify best current practices
and develop guidelines for mitigating any issues found.
The Transition to IPv6
Upgrading the Internet with the provision of additional Future Networks
public IP addresses is essential to maintain growth and allow In the area of autonomic management, TC NTECH plans to
new entrants to join. IPv6 was developed as a replacement publish a TR outlining the business drivers for autonomic
for IPv4. It solves the problem of IPv4 address exhaustion, networking, a TS describing the Generic Autonomic Network
provides enhanced features and enables new Internet Architecture (GANA) reference model and another TR
services in need of end-to-end connectivity and security.
providing guidelines to instantiating this model onto target
implementation-oriented reference architectures. This will
Our ISG on IPv6 Integration (ISG IP6) is addressing the complete the transformation of the Group Specifications
transition from IPv4 to IPv6, bringing together stakeholders (GSs) produced by our former ISG on Autonomic network
from all over the world to work on pre-standardisation in a engineering for the self-managing Future Internet (ISG AFI)
neutral environment, defining requirements and use cases, into ETSI Technical Specifications and Reports.
outlining best practices, gathering support and creating
awareness of the impact of IPv6.
We will also finalise a report on the application of the GANA
reference model to Third Generation Partnership Project
We are developing a series of Group Reports (GRs) outlining (3GPP™) fixed broadband access and aggregation networks,
the motivation and best practices for the deployment of IPv6 and we will continue to work on the evolution of the GANA
in different areas. Each report will also include the respective reference model to take into account emerging technologies
objectives, technology guidelines and an addressing plan, as such as SDN and NFV.
well as identifying benefits, risks, challenges and milestones.
In 2017 we expect to publish a GR on the deployment of IPv6 We will continue to maintain our Next Generation Network
in relation to the Internet of Things. Work will continue on specifications, in particular for business communications and
GRs for the deployment of IPv6 in enterprises, for 5G mobile location services.
wireless Internet and in telecommunications, and for Internet
Service Providers.

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