Abstract:
Nowadays, The exhaustion of current version of Internet Protocol
version 4 (IPv4) addresses initiated development of next-generation Internet
Protocol version 6 (IPv6). IPv6 is acknowledged to provide more address
space, better address design and greater security.
Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a packet labeling and
forwarding technology that are widely used by ISPs and enterprises as their
core networks. In order that the purpose of this research is to pass IPv6
packets over MPLS/IPv4 network by using 6PE technology that allows IPv6
customers to communicate with each other without any tunnel setup, by having the customer
IPv6 prefixes using an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address as next-hop inside the Provider's network and
using IPv4 LSPs between the 6PE routers.
A simulation program of Graphical Network Simulation (GNS3) was
used to simulate a network containing several routers are connecting the
relevant parties, which allowed reaching the desired goal.
