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Advantages of IPv6
•Larger address space.
•New options.
IPv4 IPv6
(32-bits) (128-bits)
Structure of IPv6 addresses
Hexadecimal colon notation;
In this notation ,128 bits is divided into eight sections, its length is 2-bytes. Two bytes in
hexadecimal notation requires four hexadecimal digits. Every four digits separated by a colon.
128 bits=16 bytes=32 hex digits
1101100111111011 … 1111111111111111
Gap
Example.
Expand the address0:15::1:12::1213 to its original.
0000:0015;0000;0000;0000;0001;0012;1213
Address Space
IPv6 has a much larger address space2^128 addresses are available .
The designers of IPv6 divided address into several categories. A few
leftmost bits, called the type prefix.
1 2 3 4 5 6
5 Provider Subscriber Subnet identifier Note
identifier identifier
identifier
3)Provider identifier. A 16-bit length is recommended for this field. identfies the
provider for internet access.
Multicast Addresses
Multicast addresses are used to define a group of hosts instead
of just one. A packet sent to a multicast address must be
delivered to each member of the group.