Evaluating IPv6 adoption in the Internet
Venue
PAM 2010, Springer
Publication Year
2010
Authors
Lorenzo Colitti, Steinar H. Gunderson, Erik Kline, Tiziana Refice
BibTeX
Abstract
As IPv4 address space approaches exhaustion, large networks are deploying IPv6 or
preparing for deployment. However, there is little data available about the
quantity and quality of IPv6 connectivity. We describe a methodology to measure
IPv6 adoption from the perspective of a Web site operator and to evaluate the
impact that adding IPv6 to a Web site will have on its users. We apply our
methodology to the Google Web site and present results collected over the last
year. Our data show that IPv6 adoption, while growing significantly, is still low,
varies considerably by country, and is heavily influenced by a small number of
large deployments. We find that native IPv6 latency is comparable to IPv4 and
provide statistics on IPv6 transition mechanisms used.
