Activities on IPv6 in JAPAN TELECOM

Hirokazu Sano and Tomohide Nagashima

Information and Communication Laboratory

JAPAN TELECOM Co., Ltd.

webmaster@v6.japan-telecom.co.jp

Agenda

• Japan Telecom group– Brief history and our services

• Activities on IPv6 in the past – Construction and operation of IPv6 test bed

• Future Plan on IPv6– Toward the start of IPv6 commercial service

JAPAN TELECOM group

New common carrier (Established 1984)• Domestic long distance call service (1987)• International call service by ITJ(1989)

– ITJ was merged with JT (1997)

• Local call service (2001)• Mobile phone service (J-phone group)

– 2G(1994), Mobile Internet(1999), 3G(2001)

• Internet provider service (1997)– Dial up, Dedicated line, ADSL, CATV, FWA

Alliance with AT&T and BT (1999)

Activities on IPv6 in the past

• Obtain NLA address from WIDE• Construct IPv6 test bed• Connect with 6Bone-JP• BGP connection with WIDE and some ISPs• Continue to operate this test bed• Acquire sTLA address from APNIC• Increase BGP connection with sTLA holders

Other 6bone-siteBT LEANET

v6Native

v4/v6 dual

ＷＷＷ Mail DNS

v6 Rtr

NSPIXP6

WIDE

sTLA in Japan

Internet

JT Head Office

Kajigaya Center

Kyusyu Lab.

JT Lab.

v4/v6 dual Rtr

User

Overview of Experiment

Future Plan

• Construct a new IPv6 network

• Start field trial with native and tunneling mode connection users

• Accumulate know-how on operation

• Increase BGP connection with sTLA holders in the world

• Begin commercial operation

Overview of Field Trial

ODN

DNS

NSPIXP6

6la-core1

WWW

LA-IIX

:v4/v6tunnel:v6 native

Customers

INTER

NET

BTLEANet

PRISM@ U S A

Tokyo

NSPIXP6

Osaka

Los IIX

Customers

Summary

• We have constructed and operated IPv6 test bed. We have accumulated know-how on IPv6.

• We are constructing a new IPv6 network. We are preparing for field trial and commercial service.

• We are looking for sTLA holders, both in Japan and in the world, with whom we wish to have BGP connection.

webmaster@v6.japan-telecom.co.jp