1. Copyright 2006 WiMAX Forum “WiMAX Forum” and "WiMAX Forum CERTIFIED “ are trademarks of the WiMAX Forum. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. WiMAX Forum: NWG stage 3 work for IPv6 Basavaraj Patil March 22, 2006

2. Copyright 2006 WiMAX Forum “WiMAX Forum” and "WiMAX Forum CERTIFIED “ are trademarks of the WiMAX Forum. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. IPv6 over IP CS IPv6 operation over 802.16e is being defined in the Networking Group (NWG) of the WiMAX forum Current scope: IPv6 over IP Convergence sublayer –IP CS is the mandatory CS Subsequent to completing IPv6 over IP CS, IPv6 over Ethernet CS will also be specified

3. Copyright 2006 WiMAX Forum “WiMAX Forum” and "WiMAX Forum CERTIFIED “ are trademarks of the WiMAX Forum. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. Reference model ASN GW CSN HA Internet MS ASN CSN ASN-GW BS R1R3 PHY MAC LNK IP-CS IP IPv6 GRE IPv6 ASN GW is the 1st hop Router for the MS R6

4. Copyright 2006 WiMAX Forum “WiMAX Forum” and "WiMAX Forum CERTIFIED “ are trademarks of the WiMAX Forum. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. IPv6 carried in a Transport Connection 1.Authentication and authorization of MS is performed 2.MS sets up a Transport Connection A transport connection is an L2 PtP connection between the MS and BS A GRE tunnel between the BS and ASN GW completes the IP link between the MS and ASN 3.MS receives a RTR Advt or does a RTR solicitation 4.Address config, DAD….

5. Copyright 2006 WiMAX Forum “WiMAX Forum” and "WiMAX Forum CERTIFIED “ are trademarks of the WiMAX Forum. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. What is NWG specifying w.r.t IPv6? Operation of IPv6 over.16 –Based on IPv6 RFCs Specifically, NWG is dealing with: –Address assignment –ND (DAD, NUD, etc.) –DNS discovery –Proxy DAD –MIP6 –ICMPv6 and IPsec Intent is to publish an Informational document about IPv6 over.16

6. Copyright 2006 WiMAX Forum “WiMAX Forum” and "WiMAX Forum CERTIFIED “ are trademarks of the WiMAX Forum. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. Current state Several aspects of base IPv6 operations (for IP CS) such as Address assignment, ND and DNS discovery have been completed MIP6 for WiMAX will be defined next IPv6 over Eth CS will be dealt with after that

7. Copyright 2006 WiMAX Forum “WiMAX Forum” and "WiMAX Forum CERTIFIED “ are trademarks of the WiMAX Forum. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. What is needed from IETF IPv6 expertise is in the IETF Expert reviews and guidance by the IETF will enable WiMAX forum to use and interpret IPv6 RFCs for the.16 link as intended The 16ng BoF/WG could act as the focal point for standardizing the IPv6 over.16 link –Ensuring work on IPv6 is done in the IETF and not elsewhere

8. Copyright 2006 WiMAX Forum “WiMAX Forum” and "WiMAX Forum CERTIFIED “ are trademarks of the WiMAX Forum. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.