IPv6 is the most recent version of the Internet Protocol (IP). IPv6 was developed to deal with the long-anticipated problem of IPv4 address exhaustion. IPv6 is intended to replace IPv4.
IPv6 theoretically allows 3.4×1038 addresses. The total number of possible IPv6 addresses is more than 7.9×1028 times as many as IPv4.
IPv6 removes the requirement of clumsy Network Address Translation [NAT] practices at premise locations. IPv6 provides other technical benefits. Notable to this discussion, IPv6 permits more amenable multicast mechanisms, optimizing the delivery of these services.
So why would an ISP risk effort to provision their IPv4 networks to support Multicast? They wouldn’t, it’s simply not compelling enough, as the pending IPv6 abundance likely offers more effective, comprehensive, and lasting solutions. The juice is not worth the squeeze, at least during the IPv4 to IPv6 transition period. That’s been a significant factor in the meager adoption of Interdomain Multicast.
IPv6 internet access is here today. Inter-Domain connectivity is excellent. IPv6 is everywhere today, on your phones, on your PCs, tablets, door-bell cameras, thermostats. Go ahead, check your equipment, go to https://test-ipv6.com/. In some cases, you might need to check a box on your Residential Router to fully enable it.
IPv6 is here now. It’s just not being leveraged very well. Yet.
Cisco’s 2019 VNI forecast has anticipated that IPv6 connected devices will rise at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate [CAGR] of 26% through 2022. From 6 Billion devices to 18 Billion connected devices. (Cisco, 2019) The unavoidable ubiquity of IPv6 permits the practical deployment of this proposal.
Hybrid VoD 