Etisalat IPv 6 Infrastructure Experience By Abed AlMoeen

Etisalat IPv 6 Infrastructure & Experience By Abed Al-Moeen Aqrabawi aqrabawi@emirates. net. ae ipv 6@nic. ae 1

IPv 4 Address Space Report 28 October 2004 ( http: //bgp. potaroo. net/ipv 4/ supported by APNIC) IPv 4 Address Space Exhaustion Predictors Complete Exhaustion of all available IPv 4 Address Space July 2040 Exhaustion of the IPv 4 Unallocated Address Pool October 2018 2

IPv 4 Address Space Report / UAEnic Address Space 194. 170. 0. 0/16 195. 229. 0. 0/16 Req. Year. 1995 1997 Utilization. 100 % 100% 213. 42. 0. 0/16 1999 100% 217. 164. 0. 0/15 2001 50 % 83. 110. 0. 0/15 2004 5 % 3

Etisalat IPv 6 Project Overview • Build scalable nation-wide IPv 6 native test network. • Ensure IPv 6 standards compliance for Etisalat current and future systems. • Establish test environment to evaluate the compliance of hardware and software with IPv 6 standards • Work towards exposure of the IPv 6 standards within Universities, Colleges and Research Centers in UAE. 4

Etisalat IPv 6 Deployment Strategy • IPv 6 over IPv 4 Tunnels • IPv 6 over dedicated data links • IPv 6 Using Dual Stack 5

Etisalat IPv 6 Basic Infrastructure 6

Etisalat IPv 6 Project Milestones Milestone Due Date 1 Form Etisalat IPv 6 Task Force after the Global IPv 6 Summit held in Dubai. (February 2001) IPv 6 with 6 Bone (via SPRINTv 6) May, 2001 Completed Oct, 2001 Completed Feb, 2002 Completed 5 Obtain Global Unicast IPv 6 Addresses from (RIPE NCC) Building Etisalat Basic IPv 6 basic network infrastructure (BGP+) Peering with ISPs. June, 2002 Completed 6 Testing in Etisalat Labs Mar, 2003 In Progress 2 3 4 Status 7

Etisalat IPv 6 Project Milestones Milestone Due Date 7 IPv 6 Systems Infrastructure. (DNS, WEB) www. ipv 6. ae , Lab. ipv 6. ae Publishing. Verifying networks and services elements IPv 6 support. Testing with regional ISPs and with EMIX Customers. July, 2003 Completed N/A In Progress 11 Native IPv 6 Peering at EMIX/NY 6 IX Q 1, 2005 In Progress 12 IPv 6 in Production N/A In Progress 8 9 10 Oct, 2003 Status Completed May, 2004 Completed 8

IPv 6 Project Timeline 2001 2002 2003 2004 Q Q Q Q 1 2 3 4 2005 2006 2007 2008 Q Q Q Q 1 2 3 4 Early Lab testing Peering/Testing with IPv 6 Over IPv 4 Tunnels Native IPv 6 Peering IPv 6 Networks Backbone IPv 6 Application testing IPv 6 Services 9

Emirates Internet Exchange (EMIX) www. emix. ae • EMIX is the first Network Access Point (NAP), private or public, established (1998) in the GCC, Middle East and one of the first NAPs in the African and Asian regions, built on multiples of STM-1 Fibre Optic Cables. • • • 15 STM-1 links From two cable providers in the region Flag and SMW-3. Distributed between eastern side and western side of the world. 10

EMIX Customers and Peering Links Kuwait Gulf. Net Jordan Telecom Pakistan cybernet Somalia Kuwait Peering Quality. Net ISPrime Zanzibar Zantel Zanzinet Iran Kish Trading Sudan Sudatel Oman. Tel UAE DIC Peering Sunrise Peering KUIX Peering Easyne t KDD BBC Peering PEER 1 DACOM Thorn Peering Hinet Abovenet Peering Demon HOPON E-DCA Peering Net Access Peering GLOBIX stealth TTSG Peering NYI Peering DSL Qatar Primus Canada Peering Japan Hurricane Electric Peering GT group Peering Time. Warner Telecom Peering NACAMAR COLT Peering Bahrain IIJ Peering Emirates Internet Exchange UAE Node - DXB Big. Pipe Internet Solution Peering Blue Stream Peering Net 2 Ph one Japan Peering Finnet Peering UAE e. Company Peering Hong Kong Peering AKAMAI Peering Singtel Exchange Peering Malaysia Exchange Peering Taiwan Exchange Peering NY Internet Exchange 200 Mbps Peering India 11

Hosting F-root instance Server in Dubai EMIX Operational since November, 2003. Hosting K-root instance Server in Abu Dhabi EMIX. Coming soon (Q 4, 2004). 12

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