COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
ECE FIELDTRIPS AND SEMINARS
SUMMMARY REPORT
Submitted by:
DANZALAN, Alma Christine C.
B.S. ECE – V
Submitted to:
Engr. Morena Villanueva
March 2012
SEMINARS
Internet Protocol Version 6 and Future Trends in ECE
A. Narrative Report
Experts realized that the Internet would eventually run out of address space with the original version of the Internet Protocol, known as IPv4 (IP version 4). In fact, some industry experts predict that there are only around 1,200 days left until the Internet runs out of IPv4 addresses. So the main solution is to create a new version of Internet Protocol intended to succeed IPV4 which is the IPv6 (IP version 6). The seminar focused on the transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6. As future electronics engineers, we are in need of knowing the new trends that fasten our field. The topic ‘Internet Protocol Version 6 and Future Trends in ECE’ is a big help for us because we are able to know what are the basics and differences of IPv6 from IPv4.
B. Technical Report
Pv4 is a connectionless protocol for use on packet-switched Link Layer networks. It operates on a best effort delivery model; in that it does not guarantee delivery, nor does it assure proper sequencing or avoidance of duplicate delivery. Since the 1980s, it was apparent that the pool of available IPv4 addresses was being depleted at a rate that was not initially anticipated in the original design of the network address system. The threat of exhaustion was the motivation for remedial technologies. Eventually, IPv6 was created, which has much more addresses available. IPv6 specifies a new packet format, designed to minimize packet header processing by routers. Because the headers of IPv4 packets and IPv6 packets are significantly different, the two protocols are not interoperable. However, in most respects, IPv6 is a conservative extension of IPv4. Most transport and