Information and Communications Technology and Policy

Information and Communications Technology and Policy

Information and Communications Technology and Policy ›› 2020, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (6): 85-90.

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Carrier-grade IoT IPv6 transition research and practice

  

  1. 1. China Telecom Research Institute, Beijing 102209, China
    2. e-Surfing Internet of Things Technology Limited, Nanjing 266002, China
  • Online:2020-06-15 Published:2020-11-10

Abstract: Legacy IoT systems focuses more on low-layer communication than unified IP protocol support, which leads to the difficulty to implement convergent communication and unified management. After analyzing the necessity of introduction of IPv6 into IoT, this paper raises that the goal of IoT should be IPv6-only and the migration to IPv6 should be step-by-step, in combination with the mobile network development. Based on the practices in production network, the technological approach to implement IPv6 in IoT network is illustrated, finally IPv6 requirements to the terminals are listed.

Key words: IPv6, Internet of Things, NB-IoT