IPv6 Address Configuration over 3G Networks

Abstract

This paper specifies the IPv6 address configuration over 3G networks. Although 3GPP and 3GPP2 handle the same issues, they provide a minimum guideline to use IPv6 in 3G networks. In this paper, we describe the IPv6 address configuration over CDMA for the compatibility with general IPv6 operations and efficient IPv6 address configuration. This paper includes general IPv6 address configuration, IPv6 address configuration in 3GPP, and IPv6 address configuration in 3GPP2. With the comparison to general IPv6 operations, we identify some problems of IPv6 address configuration in 3GPP and 3GPP2, and then describe some solutions to solve the problems.