Taxonomy of Internet Protocol Addressing Standards for Next Generation Internet Services

Abstract

This chapter examines the issue of astronomically increasing demand for Internet Systems participating in the public network, which has resulted in the depletion of allocated Internet Protocol version 4.0 (IPV4) addresses. Each version of the internet protocol has similar characteristics and abilities. It extensively studies the categories of IP address standards and features. Four Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), namely ARNIC, RIPE, LACNIC, and ARPIN, have already exhausted their given IPV4 addresses, while the fifth, AFRICNIC (Africa's RIR), is said to be depleted. We also investigated the limits of IPV4, the characteristics of IPV6, and several modes of operation for the IPV6 standard. The current global population is approximately 7 billion people, with a projected increase to 9 billion by 2050, and IPV6 can easily support 2¹²⁸=3.4028 x 10³⁸ devices. This study also suggests a transition from current Internet Protocol version 4.0 (IPV4) addresses to new Internet Protocol version 6.0 (IPV6) addresses. This research has revealed that installing IPV6 is merely one feasible strategy for sustaining global Internet services.