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Towards The Connected Society
Adopting National IPv6 Strategies and Migration Plans
Mohamed El BashirTechnical Affairs Dpt. ManagerCommunications Regulatory Authority “CRA”- State of Qatar
The Future is “Things in the Internet”, billons of connecteddevices
Highly IntegratedNetworkAlways OnWorld
Growth of the Connected Devices/Machines
What is the problem ?
7 billion cannot go into 4 billion7 billion people and billions of devices online (e.g IoT, M2M)
3 Billion Internet users by November 2014
IPv6 offers a solution
▪Given that 7 billion can not go into 4 billion…
– IPv6 solves this address scarcity problem by using 128-bit addressing creating a massively larger number of addresses (the actual number is typically described as 2 to the 128th power - or '340 trillion trillion trillion’
340,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
–Approximately 5×1028 addresses for each of the roughly 7.2 billion people alive today
–4.5x1015 addresses for every observable star in the known universe or an IP address for every grain of sand on earth!
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Current IPv4 status ?
The IPv4 pool is now fully allocated – at least at the top level
An IPv4 secondary market has emerged prices are not negotiable – average 5-10 USD (ISPs/operators
started buying )
The Inter-RIR Transfer Policy is finalized
The good news is that almost all new CPEs are dual stack (IPv4/IPv6)
Why IPv6 Planning is important
▪ Huge mobile Internet growth
▪ Broadband and Fibre rollout
▪ Growth of Internet of Things “IoT” and Machine to Machine “M2M”
▪ Multistakeholder Model :o The Government ( e.g eGovernment, Gov.Networks, Systems, …etc )
o Critical Sectors ( e.g Oil and Gas )
o Telecom Operators and ISPs
o Universities and Academic Institutions ( e.g Research Networks )
Recognise the criticality of the Internet for the socio-economic development of the state of Qatar
Qatar has recently been globally ranked at 23 in the ‘most networked’ countries IPv6 will be a key factor in maintaining/building on this ranking
Important of Data networks in a modern society, including commerce, health, security, education etc.
A key task was to gather information on the current state of ‘IPv6 readiness’ across the various stakeholders involved with the IPv6 ecosystem
Why has CRA undertaken this initiative?
Assess Qatar’s IPv6 readiness among different stakeholders
Develop an IPv6 National Migration Implementation Plan and a Strategy
Move forward with IPv6 integration as part of enterprise architecture planning and the deployment of IPv6-enabled backbone networks
Start planning for the integration of applications and users in a dual-stacked (IPv4/IPv6) environment
IPv6 Status Study
▪ Extra costs and risks due to managing, securing, and extending an outdated IPv4 infrastructure
▪ Inability to integrate new applications and services requiring IPv6 features
▪ Loss of markets and customers due to outdated services ( e.g rollout of new telecom operations )
▪ Inability to introduce new services – which require a high number of IP addresses ( e.g sensor-based applications )
▪ Limited global connectivity as IPv4 address space is exhausted, and Internet growth moves over to IPv6
Opportunity costs will Increase Over Time
Early planning will help minimize IPv6 adoption costs
IPv6 adoption - Areas Planned Adoption cycle3-4 years
Acceleration by 1 yearIPv6 in ~ 2 Years
Acceleration by 3 yearsIPv6 in ~ 1 Year
Project Management Low Low High
H/W & S/W Product Procurement Low Medium High
Proprietary software – IPv6 adoption Low Medium High
Security products procurement Low High High
Network testing Low Medium High
Staff costs - Deployment and rollout Low Medium High
Staff costs - Maintaining network Performance
Low Medium High
Training (sales, marketing,and technical staff)
Medium Medium High
Cost implications Base line minimal costs 25% increase in the deployment costs
280% increase in the deployment costs
▪ The implementation of IPv6 should be carefully planned to minimise investment requirements and ensure IPv6 services are available in a timely manner for the organisation
▪ The operational and financial consequences of poor implementation planning are as follows
– investment in non-IPv6-ready hardware could result in stranded assets that are written off prematurely
– similarly, for operating systems and applications, IPv6 operability should be incorporated when upgrade or replacement takes place
▪ The resultant impact on revenues/profitability can be summarised as follows
– unable to engage in e-business with organisations operating an IPv6-only infrastructure
– loss of opportunity to launch IPv6-based services, e.g. hosting
Ignoring IPv6 could have a serious impact on business
Qatar National IPv6 Strategy & Migration Plan
National migration approach to IPv6, multi-stakeholder driven
3-5 Years Migration Plan
The strategy provide national implementation guidelines for each of the main stakeholder groups to ensure a coherent and coordinated approach
o IPv6 Adoption Guide : Internet Service Providers o IPv6 Adoption Guide : System Vendorso IPv6 Adoption Guide : Network Providerso IPv6 Adoption Guide : Telecom Operatorso IPv6 Adoption Guide : End Users
There are four basic stages, including Auditing, planning, implementation and launch
IPv6 Adoption Governance and Transition Management
Procurement Plan and Budget Planning
IPv6 Training
Find it here : www.ictqatar.gov.qa ( search IPv6 )
Multi-stakeholder Driven, Collaborative Approach
Details on the development of guidelines and plans
IPv6 Transformation Mechanisms
IPv6 Monitoring and Testing
Proposed Pilot Projects in Qatar
IPv6 Implementation Plan
IPv6 Implementation Roadmap
▪ Proposed Implementation Roadmap for each stakeholder group
High Level Implementation Strategy
