Chapter 8. Advanced Services—IPv6 Mobility

From game consoles to IP phones, billions of new devices are becoming IP enabled, requiring a larger addressing space and improved plug-and-play networking capabilities, and therefore the deployment of IPv6.

At the same time, we observe the creation of a “mobiquitous” pervasive networking and computing fabric, composed of handheld devices, medical diagnostic systems, automotive gateways, and so on. Initially available to the military and specific verticals such as the police, radio data communication is becoming widely available to the masses because of the available technology and the local rulings.

For a number of years now, business users have accessed the Internet while in transit. Typically, they couple ...

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