| Naoki Ema | Carrier Business Promotion Center, Network Systems Solutions Div., |
| Hisao Matsumoto | Carrier Business Promotion Center, Network Systems Solutions Div., |
| Masaaki Suzuki | Technical Management Dept., Network Systems Solutions Div., Technical Management Dept., the Network Systems Solutions Div., |
To become an infrastructure to distribute digital information globally, the Internet requires Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6), a new key technology that can dramatically increase the number of connected devices. Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) that is currently being used as the base technology for the Internet provides only about 4.3 billion addresses. This number is even smaller than the world population. With IPv4, the Internet can only be a network for computers. The upcoming IPv6 provides virtually an infinite number of addresses. This will enable home appliances, cell phones, cars, game devices, etc. that have not been connected to the Internet so far to communicate with one another via the Internet. It will not be an exaggeration to say that IPv6 is a key to developing the Internet dramatically and changing the paradigm of today's life and business. Hitachi was very quick to start working on this IPv6 technology. Using its advanced technology, Hitachi provided gigabit routers and an integrated system operation manager, Job Management Partner 1 (JP1), for a demonstration experiment of an IPv6 access network and digital home appliances of the IPv6 Promotion Council. This paper describes how Hitachi contributed to this experiment.
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IPv6 Network Solution (Japanese Only) |
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Telecommunication & Information Infrastructure Systems |
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GR2000 |
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Job Management Partner 1 |
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The Hitachi Hyoron (Japanese Only) |
IPv6, IPv6 Promotion Council, usen Corp., IP REVOLUTION INC., Tokyo Metallic Communications Corp.
