Fostering IPv6 migration through network quality differentials

This paper develops a simple model that explores the extent to which differences in connectivity quality can be effective incentives (or disincentives) towards migrating to an IPv6 Internet. The focus is on "translation" costs that service providers will incur if slow adoption of IPv6 persists in the current IPv4 Internet, while continued growth in the Internet's user base increasingly forces the use of IPv6 addresses for new users. The model elucidates how differences in connectivity quality, i.e., between native IPv6, native IPv4, and what is achievable through translation devices or IPv6IPv4 gateways, affect IPv6 adoption in the current Internet. It highlights how improving native IPv6 connectivity quality, and obviously publicizing that better quality, may provide sufficient incentives to foster a more rapid migration to IPv6. It also reveals the often ambiguous role of gateways that can help or discourage IPv6 adoption. The paper represents an initial foray in the ...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: CCR
• Authors: Roch Guérin, Kartik Hosanagar
• Keywords: CCR 2010, Connectivity Quality, IPv6, Native Ipv6 Connectivity