ABSTRACT

Deploying the next generation Internet protocol (IPv6) over Fibre is facing an important challenge as the Fibre standard is failing to support IPv6 functionalities. In fact unlike the other standards Fibre optic links is based on how to reduce the over head in terms of header processing at data link layer by removing CRC field and Transport layer in IPv6 packet format. As a result the IPv6 packets over Fibre optic links standard shows that error handling can be performed at the network layer of ISO/OSI model instead of Data link layer and Transport layer. As a result our simulation results shows that error handling using IPv6 extension header at network layer has a smaller packer processing time as compared to error handling at data link layer and Transport layer in ISO/OSI. In this paper, we present different architectures to consider when deploying IPv6 packets over Fibre such as FIPv6.Also we point out challenges and solutions related to this deployment by focusing particularly on the role of FIPv6 impact on hardware and software, network layer error handling issues, challenges, facts etc.