Contents	7
	Preface	13
	Chapter 1 THE AGE OF IPv6	17
	1.1 INTRODUCTION	17
	Chapter 2 PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE	25
	2.1 INTRODUCTION	25
	2.2 COMPARISONS OF IP HEADER FORMATS	28
	2.3 EXTENSION HEADERS	29
	2.4 PACKET SIZE AND PATH MTU	37
	2.5 FLOW LABEL	38
	2.6 TRAFFIC CLASS	39
	APPENDIX A: ASSIGNED INTERNET PROTOCOL NUMBERS	40
	Chapter 3 ADDRESS ARCHITECTURE	41
	3.1 INTRODUCTION	41
	3.2 EXPRESSION OF IPv6 ADDRESS	43
	3.3 UNICAST ADDRESS	44
	3.4 ANYCAST ADDRESS	49
	3.5 MULTICAST ADDRESS	50
	3.6 REQUIRED ADDRESSES	54
	Chapter 4 INTERNET CONTROL MESSAGE PROTOCOL FOR IPv6 (ICMPv6)	55
	4.1 INTRODUCTION	55
	4.2 RULES TO DETERMINE SOURCE ADDRESS FOR MESSAGE	57
	4.3 MESSAGE PROCESSING	58
	4.4 MESSAGE FORMATS	60
	REFERENCES	66
	Chapter 5 NEIGHBOR DISCOVERY	67
	5.1 INTRODUCTION	67
	5.2 CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF A HOST	69
	5.3 SERVICES FROM NEIGHBOR DISCOVERY PROTOCOL	71
	5.4 MESSAGES FORMATS	76
	5.5 OPTIONS	84
	REFERENCES	88
	Chapter 6 ADDRESS AUTOCONFIGURATION	89
	6.1 INTRODUCTION	89
	6.2 STATELESS AND STATEFUL AUTOCONFIGURATIONS	90
	6.3 DUPLICATED ADDRESS DETECTION (DAD)	95
	6.4 OPTI-DAD	95
	REFERENCES	100
	Chapter 7 DYNAMIC HOST CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL (DHCPv6)	101
	7.1 INTRODUCTION	101
	7.2 TERMINOLOGY	102
	7.3 DHCP SERVER SOLICITATION	103
	7.4 DHCP CLIENT-INITIATED CONFIGURATION EXCHANGE	105
	7.5 DHCP SERVER-INITIATED CONFIGURATION EXCHANGE	110
	7.6 RELAY AGENTS	112
	7.7 DHCP UNIQUE IDENTIFIER (DUID)	113
	7.8 IDENTITY ASSOCIATION (IA)	115
	7.9 MANAGEMENT OF TEMPORARY ADDRESSES	116
	7.10 MESSAGE FORMATS	116
	7.11 OPTIONS	117
	REFERENCES	129
	Chapter 8 INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN IPv4 AND IPv6	131
	8.1 INTRODUCTION	131
	8.2 TERMINOLOGY	132
	8.3 DUAL STACK	132
	8.4 IPv6 IMPLEMENTATION OVER IPv4 TUNNEL	134
	8.5 TRANSLATION MECHANISM	162
	REFERENCES	165
	Chapter 9 DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM (DNS)	167
	9.1 INTRODUCTION	167
	9.2 TERMINOLOGY	168
	9.3 DNS ARCHITECTURE	171
	9.4 DOMAIN NAME SPACE	173
	9.5 NAME RESOLUTION	175
	9.6 PACKET FORMAT	177
	9.7 DNS EXTENSION	180
	9.8 REQUIREMENT FOR DNS SUPPORT IN TRANSITION	181
	9.9 EXAMPLE: DNSv6 USING WINDOWS SERVER 2003	183
	REFERENCES	184
	APPENDIX A: COUNTRY- CODE TOP- LEVEL DOMAINS ( CCTLDS)	185
	Chapter 10 MOBILITY SUPPORT FOR IPv6	189
	10.1 INTRODUCTION	189
	10.2 TERMINOLOGY AND CONCEPT	191
	10.3 PROTOCOL OVERVIEW OF MIPv6	194
	10.4 BINDING UPDATE TO THE HOME AGENT	200
	10.5 BINDING UPDATE TO CORRESPONDENT NODES	203
	10.6 PREFIX MANAGEMENT	209
	10.7 MESSAGE TYPES 10.7.1 Mobility messages	215
	10.8 CHANGES IN IPv6 NEIGHBOR DISCOVERY PROTOCOL	233
	REFERENCES	236
	Chapter 11 ENHANCED HANDOVER SCHEMES FOR MOBILE IPv6	237
	11.1 INTRODUCTION	237
	11.2 HIERARCHICAL MOBILE IPv6 (HMIPv6) 11.2.1 Concept	238
	11.3 FAST HANDOVER FOR MOBILE IPv6	248
	11.4 EARLY BINDING UPDATE	260
	REFERENCES	266
	Chapter 12 SECURITY IN MOBILE IP	267
	12.1 INTRODUCTION	267
	12.2 VPN PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS IN MIPv4 12.2.1 Concept	268
	12.3 APPLYING CGA TO OPTIMIZE MIPv6	273
	12.4 NSIS FIREWALL TRAVERSAL 12.4.1 Concept	279
	REFERENCES	284
	Index	285