IPv4->IPv6 transition: Just to cut the gordian knot? (March 2008)

The Internet is reaching its limits: within two-four years there will be no previously unallocated IP address left. There is only one solution: new generation of Internet protocol (IPv6) must be massively deployed. Broadband digital subscriber line (DSL) dramatically increases the needs of IP addresses; however, there are even very few ideas how to support IPv6 in this environment. In fact the transition scenarios that had been developed and tested years ago are not exactly adequate in the home user environment, where dynamic IP(v4) addressing is still in use. IPv6 is a must for NGN solutions. The paper reviews the problems and suggests solutions.