Abstract—With the strong influence of communications in our lives, devices used for work or for convenience, are more likely to be designed to connect to each other in order to achieve a quick and efficient way through the network, or better said, the Internet. Communications between the different elements of the network uses a protocol called IP (today it is at version 4). To face with the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses, the new version of this protocol, IPv6, arised as a response to the problem. The deployment of IPv6 will gradually be made in an orderly coexistence with IPv4, which will be displaced. In this article issues are addressed such as transitional arrangements and implementation proposals for its design to ensure backward compatibility and coexistence between systems. The work presents statistics and initiatives from governments and organizations worldwide which promote a profitable and optimal transition to IPv6.

Index Terms—IPV6, IP, communication protocols, transition mechanisms, ISP

Cite: Darío Rodríguez H., M. F. Rocha, M. R. Osnaya, M. I. Rocha G, and E. Andrade, "Ipv6 for Everyone: Boosting Its Deployment on the Networks," Journal of Industrial and Intelligent Information, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 75-79, March 2015. doi: 10.12720/jiii.3.1.75-79