Fenglien Lee, Ph.D 8/28/2003 The IPv6 Deployment and Development in Taiwan

Outline IPv6 Status in Taiwan IPv6 Promotion in Taiwan –The National IPv6 Deployment and Development Program –IPv6 Forum Taiwan Other IPv6 Deployment Activities Summary

Taiwan Internet Market Profile Indicators Numbers (Penetration) World Rankings Population/Household22.5M/6.8M47th Internet Population8.7M (39%)4th (penetration) Household Online3.6M (53%) Broadband Household2.3M (34%)4th (penetration) Mobile Phone Subscribers24.7M (110%)1st (penetration) Mobile Internet Subscribers1.3M (5%) Public Wireless Hotspots> 600 Source: ECRC-FIND, TWNIC, DGT

Taiwan Telecom Market Trends Penetration (population based) ％ Mobile Internet * Broadband / Internet

IPv6 Address Allocation in Taiwan Source: APNIC, Jun 2003 Government began to push

IPv6 ISP and IX in Taiwan 7 out of 12 IPv6 sTLA (/32) allocations were made to major ISPs –HiNet launched trial commercial services since 2001 –TANet is going to build Taiwan’s largest Academic IPv6 network in 2003 One IX provides IPv6 services –TWIX is the largest IPv4 IX (Internet Exchange), but only has 3 IPv6 members at present. –ASNet provides local networks transit services to oversea IPv6 networks. Some local IPv6 ISPs are peering with ASNet.

Taiwan Needs IPv6 Broadband Trend By 2008: 95% FTTH coverage 6 million broadband subscribers Application Trend Internet Appliance, VoIP, e-Learning, e-healthcare … Mobile Internet 3G services to be launched in Q “ Public Hotspots deployment plan ” to make Taiwan a “ Wireless Island ” More advanced IP features More advanced IP features More IP addresses Ubiquitous Network Environment IPv 6

IPv6 Promotion Organizations NICI IPv6 Steering Committee –Established by NICI in 11/2001 (NICI: National Information and Communication Initiative ) National IPv6 Development and Deployment Program –Proposed “National IPv6 Development and Deployment Program”, now a part of e-Taiwan project IPv6 Forum Taiwan –Established by TWNIC and ITRI in 4/2002 –Aims to promote market/industry and user awareness of IPv6 IPv6 Industrial R&D Alliance –“IPv6 Industrial R&D Alliance” Accton, D-Link, ASKEY, ADMTek, Z-Com, Loop..

National IPv6 Deployment & Development Program A 5-year project ( ) Proposed by “NICI IPv6 Steering Committee” Including R&D, Infrastructure Development, Standard & Testing, and Application & Promotion Divisions Missions: –To help public Internet infrastructure upgrading to IPv6 –To integrate existing IPv6 resources and efforts from the government, industry, and research institutes –To enhance competitiveness of local industry Budget: USD 1,700,000 for 2003 > 20 orgs involved

R&D Projects in 2003 R&DR&D 6TIME IPv6 Transition for Mobile Environment6TIME 6GIANT IPv6 Gallop Internet AppliaNce of Taiwan6GIANT 6TANET IPv6 TrAnsition Network Environment of Taiwan6TANET Home Network Proxy using the IPv6 Multihoming Technique Multih-Hop Routing Protocol on IPv6-based Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks IPv6 xDSL access support system Attack, Defense and Cryptographic Module in IPv6 IC-card-based IPv6 Security Mechanism Gigabit Ethernet IPv6/IPv4 Translator Tunneling IPv6 through NATs Network Detection and Management for IPv6

Infrastructure Projects in 2003 IPv6 migration and promotion for local ISPs SIP/ENUM trial over IPv6 IPv6 multimedia transmission deployment and testing IPv6 telescience grids construction on TANet (Taiwan Academic Network), TANet2, and NBEN (National Broadband Experimental Network) Building IPv6 testbed for TANet

IPv6 Migration for ISPs Academic Sinica –The top academic institution Native IPv6 Links –Domestic: TANet, HiNet, TANet2, TTN, TFN, Gigamedia, Seednet –Oversea: APAN-JP, NSPIXP-6(12 networks), StarLight(3 networks) Tunnel IPv6 Links –To 20 organizations ISP IPv6-upgrade programISP IPv6-upgrade program –Free training, Tech. support, Transit service..

NBEN Softswitch Tier 2 NS IP Phones (0981-xxxxxx) IP PBX PSTN 2 Media Gateway LEC PSTN Media Gateway Signal Gateway LEC HsinChu (0983-xxxxxx) Taipei (0984-xxxxxx) Tier 2 NS Tier 1 NS IPv6 IP Phones (0982-xxxxxx) IPv6-IPv4 Gateway SIP Proxy Signal Gateway SIP/Enum Trial over IPv6

IPv6 Multimedia Transmission & Testing IPv4 IPv6 Tunnel User with MS Media Player 9.0 Media Server (IPv6 Only) Media Web (dual stack) DNS (dual stack) HiNet IPv6 Multimedia Service VOD TV Entertainments trial site:

Telescience Grids over IPv6 Wireless Sensor Net for LTER via IPv6 (Long Term Ecological Research)

IPv6 Testbed for the TANet Maintained by MOE 6 millions user base To build Asia's largest academic MAN (metropolitan-area network) 12 Regional PoPs to enable native IPv6 by Q Powerful information highway for academic use only

Standard & Testing Activities Participate in global testing events and meetings –TAHI –IETF –ETSI Remote Plug test –IPv6 Ready Logo Committee National IPv6 Standard and Testing Lab –Opened on 8/12/2003 –Phase I, IPv6 Testing Service (from 2003) IPv6 Conformance TestIPv6 Conformance Test IPv6 Performance TestIPv6 Performance Test IPv6 Interoperability TestIPv6 Interoperability Test –Phase II, IPv6 Certificate Service (from 2005)

Promotion Activities in 2003 (2003.2)The 1st Global IPv6 Summit in AP (2003.2) (2003.8)IPv6 Forum Taiwan Annual Event (2003.8) ( )IPv6 Industrial Tech. Seminar*4 ( ) –SIP/Enum, IC Design, E-learning, Security… ( )IPv6 3-day Training on campus*4 ( ) ( )ISP IPv6 2-day Training*5 ( ) ( )Hands-on 3-day IPv6 Workshop ( ) ( )IPv6 Showcase ( ) ( )IPv6 Showroom ( ) ( & 12)IPv6 Journal*2 ( & 12)

IPv6 Forum Taiwan IPv6 Forum Taiwan Journal (bi-annual) The Taiwan IPv6 Portal Site –News, Articles, Discussion Boards, References…etc. – International Cooperation –Meetings With JP in 2002, 2003 With KR in 2003 (7/5, 8/23, 2003) –Agreement and MoU IPv6 Promotion Council (signed) Eurov6 Project (signed) IPv6 Forum Korea (expected)

Other IPv6 Deployment Activities National Telecom Project Office (NTPO) –Started IPv6 research since late 90s –Research areas include IPv6 applications, network devices… National Center for High-performance Computing (NCHC) –Operates a major IPv6 research network (NBEN) –Grid computing over IPv6 network Chung-Hwa Telecom Labs (CHTL) –Joined 6Bone in 1997, became a 6Bone site since 1999 –Set up a National IPv6 Interoperability Testing Lab in July Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) –Co-founder of IPv6 Forum Taiwan –SIP/Enum Trial over IPv6 National Health Research Institute (NHRI)National Health Research Institute (NHRI) –Implementing national healthcare projects on IPv6 infrastructure National Insurance IC Card reader…

National Telecom Project Office

IPv6 Experimental Networks NBEN (National Broadband Experimental Network) –12 GigaPOPs –Major platform for IPv6 research/application trials TANET2 –Provide NGI and Internet2 services –Going to deploy IPv6 and link to Abilene in the USA All operated by NCHC

Taoyuan Tainan TWIXv6 Taichung Chia-I Hualien Taipei(S2) Kaoshiung HiNet IPv6 Network Hsinchu 6NGIX 6TAP Tiscali HiNet Taiwan’s largest ISP Six IPv6 PoPs in Taiwan Launched IPv6 commercial trial service since 2001 IPv6 customers: –Native link: 10 (research inst., companies, manufacturers) –Tunnel link: 30 (various) IPv6 Plan of 2003 –Introduce high-end IPv6 routers –Add 2 more PoPs –Will upgrade T1 to GE (Gigabit Ethernet) –Provide IPv6 content

IPv6 Product Vendors/Producers Taiwan is the largest supplier of user-end network devices. –Ethernet Card/Hub/Switch 、 WLAN Card/AP 、 ADSL/CATV Modem… Not many vendors show interest in IPv6 yet. –ODM/OEMs basis market followers and produce by orders –ROI (Return of Investment) is not clear Some will release IPv6 products in the second half of IPv6 Forum Taiwan plans to push the industry by introducing several industrial promotional programs.

IPv6 in e-Taiwan Project e-Taiwan Project –Budget: 36 billion NT$ (> 1 billion USD) Challenge 2008: the 6-year National Development Plan –The key to the success of “Challenge 2008: the 6-year National Development Plan” – Five integral parts 1.e-Infrastructure “Broadband networks will be fully installed with implementation of IPv6 and wireless LAN environment” 2.e-Life 3.e-Industry 4.e-Government 5.e-Transportation

e-Taiwan Vision Broadband, IPv6, Wireless

Summary Taiwan needs IPv6 to develop e-Society. –e-Life, e-Industry, e-Government, and e- Transportation. Driven by the national IPv6 program, ISP, Research Inst., telecoms are getting involved. Industry reacts slower, but will catch up very soon. IPv6 promotion is an international effort, Taiwan would like to cooperate with any country/organization.

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