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Etisalat IPv6 Infrastructure &

ExperienceBy

Abed Al-Moeen Aqrabawiaqrabawi@emirates.net.ae

ipv6@nic.ae

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IPv4 Address Space Report28 October 2004 ( http://bgp.potaroo.net/ipv4/ supported by APNIC)

IPv4 Address Space Exhaustion Predictors

Complete Exhaustion of all available IPv4 Address Space

July 2040 Exhaustion of the IPv4 Unallocated Address Pool

October 2018

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IPv4 Address Space Report / UAEnic

Address Space Req. Year. Utilization.

194.170.0.0/16 1995 100 %

195.229.0.0/16 1997 100%

213.42.0.0/16 1999 100%

217.164.0.0/15 2001 50 %

83.110.0.0/15 2004 5 %

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Etisalat IPv6 Project Overview

• Build scalable nation-wide IPv6 native test network.

• Ensure IPv6 standards compliance for Etisalat current and future systems.

• Establish test environment to evaluate the compliance of hardware and software with IPv6 standards

• Work towards exposure of the IPv6 standards within Universities, Colleges and Research Centers in UAE.

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Etisalat IPv6 Deployment Strategy

• IPv6 over IPv4 Tunnels

• IPv6 over dedicated data links

• IPv6 Using Dual Stack

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Etisalat IPv6 Basic Infrastructure

Etisalat IPv4 Internet

IPv6 segmant

RIPng

RIPE NCCMeeting

IPv6 Segmant

AbovenetIPv6

BGP4+2001:8f8::/32

Abu DhabiSharjah

EtisalatIP-Lab

Dubai

SprintIPv6

TiscaliIPv6

IPv6 Over IPv4Tunnels

SHJ-COLLAGERouter

AUH-Router

serverserver

Dialup -Client

RAS

ADSL client

Client

Streaming server

DNS serverWEB server

Hurricane Electric

ISCf-root server

InternalCommunityClient

Client

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Etisalat IPv6 Project Milestones

Milestone Due Date Status

Form Etisalat IPv6 Task Force after the Global IPv6 Summit held in Dubai. (February 2001)

May, 2001 Completed

IPv6 with 6Bone (via SPRINTv6) Oct, 2001 Completed

Obtain Global Unicast IPv6 Addresses from (RIPE NCC)

Oct, 2001 Completed

Building Etisalat Basic IPv6 basic network infrastructure

Feb, 2002 Completed

(BGP+) Peering with ISPs. June,2002 Completed

Testing in Etisalat Labs Mar, 2003 In Progress

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Etisalat IPv6 Project Milestones

Milestone Due Date Status

IPv6 Systems Infrastructure. (DNS,WEB)

July, 2003 Completed

www.ipv6.ae , Lab.ipv6.ae Publishing.

Oct, 2003 Completed

Verifying networks and services elements IPv6 support.

May, 2004 Completed

Testing with regional ISPs and with EMIX Customers.

N/A In Progress

Native IPv6 Peering at EMIX/NY6IX Q1, 2005 In Progress

IPv6 in Production N/A In Progress

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IPv6 Project Timeline

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

2008Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

2005Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

2004Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

2001Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

2002Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

2003Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

2006Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

2007

Early Lab testing

IPv6 Services

Peering/Testing with IPv6 Over IPv4 Tunnels

Native IPv6 Peering

IPv6 Networks Backbone

IPv6 Application testing

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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.

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EMIX Customers and Peering Links

Emirates Internet ExchangeUAE Node - DXB

Pakistan cybernet

ZanzibarZantel

Zanzinet

Iran Kish Trading

SudanSudatel

SomaliaPeering

Singtel Exchange

PeeringMalaysia Exchange

PeeringNY Internet Exchange

200 Mbps

PeeringTaiwan Exchange

OmanOmanTel

PeeringHong Kong

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