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Jordi Palet (jordi.palet@consulintel.es)Consulintel, CTO/CEO

European IPv6 Task Force & Steering CommitteeIPv6 Forum, Education & Promotion WG Co-chair

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• The European Commission created the IPv6 TF (2001)• Goal: Prepare the roadmap for the IPv6 adoption and

large scale deployment in 2005

• "Our objective is to ensure that Europe's competitiveness in wireless technology is not jeopardized by the lack of a clear road map towards IPv6," European Enterprise Commissioner Erkki Liikanen said in his opening speech to the IPv6 Task Force.

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• January 2002: The TF concluded• February, March and June 2002:

– The EC and the Council publish different documents adopting the TF conclusions.

• e-Europe 2005: IPv6, Broadband and 3G• Continuation of the TF, in a 2nd phase, with the

support of the Steering Committee project• Several European countries (Spain, France, UK,

Germany, Switzerland, …), initiated local activities• Several TF-like groups across the world,

cooperating together

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• A few research projects 2-3 years ago (FP5 - IST program)• Now several Research projects representing investments

over 180 MEuros (90 from the EC)• Major platforms and networks:

– 6NET, Euro6IX– Available NOW, and interconnected– With international peering to Japan, Korea, Abilene (Internet2), …– Also to provide native connectivity for other projects

• Over 40 projects:– With IPv6 as the main focus (6POWER, 6QM, 6WINIT, …), or– Using IPv6 for new applications and services (Android, Crumpet, …)

• 6LINK to support the collaboration in the IPv6 Cluster• Eurov6 to provide permanent and nomadic showrooms for

the industrial and R&D achievements

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• Next IST Program, FP6, clearly supports IPv6, Broadband and 3G as key technologies– Over 900 MEuros in the 1st call (4-5 calls)– International cooperation expected and

highly encouraged• The IPv6 Cluster facilitated the creation

of the “ALL-IPv6-World” WG– 20 Activity areas suggested– Towards new applications and services

• IPv6 as a key enabler of “Ambient Intelligence” www.6link.org

www.ist-ipv6.org

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• European industry is supporting IPv6– In a short term– Manufacturers of devices, routers– Appliance manufacturers– Application developers

• Several Telcos and ISPs seriously considering commercial deployment– A few already providing services– GEANT moving to IPv6 NOW

• Education programs still needed

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• > 320 people (each day) !• 762 registered :-)• From over 34 countries• Researchers, Government, Industry, Telcos,

ISPs, Application Developers, Corporate Users, SMEs, …

• … and the best speakers over the world ☺• Event site Announced: 9th March 2003

– Status at 07:00 AM – 13/05/2003 …

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• One of the surprises:– The first hotel in the world to offer permanent

IPv6 connectivity, free of charge, in the room– Works even better than IPv4 :-)– Now with ADSL lines, but soon broadband

• More surprises:– Part of the network was deployed with PLC– Two ISPs announced IPv6 commercial services

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• Deployment– 6NET– Euro6IX

• Promotion– Eurov6– IPv6TF-SC

• Clustering– 6LINK

• Others– More specific

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• In Particular– 6NET and Euro6IX– Total budget: 34 M€– Total EU funding: 18 M€

http://www.6net.org http://www.euro6ix.org

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IPv6, QoS & Power Line IntegrationIPv6, QoS & Power Line Integration

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www.6qm.orgwww.6qm.org

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• Now the Task Force is not just Europe !• Is a “global” issue, with strong cooperation with

the rest of the world– Global R&D– Global policy– Global deployment– Global business

• Global deployment already started– See Japan !– IPv6 Applications Contest just started

(http://www.ec.ipv6tf.org/PublicDocuments/030203apc-eg.pdf)

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• To perform all required actions aiming at the enhanced coordination and continuation of the work performed within the IPv6 Task Force with an enlarged participation and renewed mandate as the IPv6 Task Force 2nd phase.

• To provide a regularly updated review and plan action on the development and future perspectives of IPv6 in order to coordinate European efforts on IPv6.

• See http://www.ec.ipv6tf.org/in/i-finalreports.php

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www.6link.org

www.ist-ipv6.org

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– IPv6 development– IPv6 deployment

– Common trials– Coordinated input to standards

development

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– Newsletter (every 2 months)– Standards report (every 4 months)– Applications Database– Publications– Contact with IPv6 EU Researchers

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Knowledge Society– “Ambient Intelligence”: Seamless

delivery of services and applications.

– Then you will miss the future …… your customers, your business �

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• 4.1. Actions for EU Member State governments– A.7 Establish a National or Regional IPv6 Council tasked with:

• iii) Encouraging active participation of technology experts in the work of European and International standards and specification bodies involved with IPv6 matters, such as IETF, 3GPP, RIPE, ETSI.

• 4.2. Actions for the European Commission– i) Ensure a working liaison with on-going work on IPv6 carried out in

standards fora and industrial bodies such as ISOC, IETF, ITU-T, ICANN, RIPE NCC, 3GPP, ETSI, IPv6 Forum, Eurescom, ETNO, UMTS Forum and GSMA, e.g. to harmonise activity, to encourage the fair availability of IPv6 addresses.

• 4.3. Actions for European industry• 4.4. Actions for Industry Associations* http://www.ec.ipv6tf.org/PublicDocuments/IPv6TF-Report.pdf

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• Projects together– 6MEMO (Global IPv6 Status MEasurement,

MOnitoring and Forecasting)• Work together MORE• Incentives from the EC ?• Cooperation with EC Task Force; how ?

– National Task Forces• Training Campaigns (RIPE NCC)• What are we missing ???

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Contact:• Jordi Palet (Consulintel): jordi.palet@consulintel.es

• Madrid 2004 Global IPv6 Summit(1st week November 2004), more info soon at:

http://www.ipv6-es.com