1. Etisalat IPv6 Infrastructure & Experience Abed Al-Moeen AqrabawiBy
Abed Al-Moeen Aqrabawi

2. IPv4 Address Space Exhaustion Predictors
IPv4 Address Space Report 28 October 2004 ( supported by APNIC)
IPv4 Address Space Exhaustion Predictors
Complete Exhaustion of all available IPv4 Address Space
July 2040
Exhaustion of the IPv4 Unallocated Address Pool
October 2018

3. IPv4 Address Space Report / UAEnic
Req. Year.
Utilization.
/16
1995
100 %
/16
1997
100%
/16
1999
/15
2001
50 %
/15
2004
5 %

4. Etisalat IPv6 Project Overview
Build scalable nation-wide IPv6 native test network.
Ensure IPv6 standards compliance for Etisalat current and future systems.
Establish test environment to evaluate the compliance of hardware and software with IPv6 standards
Work towards exposure of the IPv6 standards within Universities, Colleges and Research Centers in UAE.

5. Etisalat IPv6 Deployment Strategy
IPv6 over IPv4 Tunnels
IPv6 over dedicated data links
IPv6 Using Dual Stack

6. Etisalat IPv6 Basic Infrastructure

7. Etisalat IPv6 Project Milestones
Due Date
Status
Form Etisalat IPv6 Task Force after the Global IPv6 Summit held in Dubai. (February 2001)
May, 2001
Completed
IPv6 with 6Bone (via SPRINTv6)
Oct, 2001
Obtain Global Unicast IPv6 Addresses from (RIPE NCC)
Building Etisalat Basic IPv6 basic network infrastructure
Feb, 2002
(BGP+) Peering with ISPs.
June,2002
Testing in Etisalat Labs
Mar, 2003
In Progress 1 2 3 4 5 6

8. Etisalat IPv6 Project Milestones
Due Date
Status
IPv6 Systems Infrastructure. (DNS,WEB)
July, 2003
Completed
, Lab.ipv6.ae Publishing.
Oct, 2003
Verifying networks and services elements IPv6 support.
May, 2004
Testing with regional ISPs and with EMIX Customers.
N/A
In Progress
Native IPv6 Peering at EMIX/NY6IX
Q1, 2005
IPv6 in Production 7 8 9 10 11 12

9. IPv6 Project Timeline Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2001 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2002 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2003 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2004 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2005 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2006 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2007 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2008
Early Lab testing
Peering/Testing with IPv6 Over IPv4 Tunnels
Native IPv6 Peering
IPv6 Networks Backbone
IPv6 Application testing
IPv6 Services 

10. Emirates Internet Exchange (EMIX) www.emix.ae
EMIX is the first Network Access Point (NAP), private or public, established (1998) in the GCC, Middle East and one of the first NAPs in the African and Asian regions, built on multiples of STM-1 Fibre Optic Cables.
15 STM-1 links
From two cable providers in the region Flag and SMW-3.
Distributed between eastern side and western side of the world.

11. EMIX Customers and Peering Links
DACOM
Peering
Thorn
Kuwait
GulfNet
Kuwait
QualityNet
Peering
Japan
Peering
KUIX
Peering
ISPrime
Peering
Hinet
Peering
Abovenet
Jordan
Telecom
Zanzibar
Zantel
Zanzinet
Peering
Easynet
Peering
KDD
Peering
BBC
Peering
Demon
Peering
IIJ
Pakistan
cybernet
Emirates
Internet Exchange
UAE Node - DXB
Peering
HOPONE-DCA
UAE
eCompany
Peering
AKAMAI
Somalia
Peering
Singtel Exchange
Peering
Blue Stream
Peering
Net Access
Peering
Finnet
Iran
Kish Trading
Peering
Sunrise
Peering
stealth
Peering
TTSG
Peering
GLOBIX
Peering
Malaysia Exchange
Peering
Net2Phone
Peering
GT group
Sudan
Sudatel
Peering
PEER1
Peering
NYI
Peering
Hurricane Electric
Peering
Taiwan Exchange
Peering
TimeWarner Telecom
Peering
BigPipe
Oman
OmanTel
Peering
DSL
Peering
Qatar
Peering
NY Internet
Exchange
200 Mbps
Peering
NACAMAR
Peering
COLT
Peering
Primus Canada
UAE
DIC
Peering
Internet Solution
Peering
Hong Kong
Peering
Japan
Peering
Bahrain
Peering
India

12. Hosting F-root instance Server in Dubai EMIX Operational since November,2003.
Hosting K-root instance Server in Abu Dhabi EMIX.
Coming soon (Q4, 2004).

13. Thank
You