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BSNL & IPv6

Global IPv6 Summit

BangaloreJan 3-5, 2001

hsgupta@vsnl.com

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Agenda

• BSNL

• Activities

• Internet Setup

• Plans

• IPv6 in BSNL

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BSNL

• Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

• Existence from 1st Oct, 2000

• Earlier, it was a govt. department. (DOT/DTS/DTO)

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Activities

• Provides voice and non-voice telecom services throughout the country.

• Main Services– PSTN– ISDN– X.25 & Frame Relay (Inet)– Point to Point Leased lines

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Internet Setup

• National ISP

• Commissioned National Internet Backbone (NIB) Phase-I (45 A & B Type Nodes)

• Number of POPs more than 400

• Services Offered – PSTN & ISDN Dialup (National Roaming)– Dedicated leased lines

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Internet Setup (continued)

• 6 Gateways (New Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Chennai, Bangalore and Pune).

• Domain “sancharnet.in”.

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Plans

• Immediate– POPs at all the district headquarters– Internet dhabas at all the block headquarters

• National Internet Backbone Phase-II.

• Direct International Gateway

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IPv6 in BSNL

• Some of the Drivers for IPv6– 59 class A addresses required if all the present

Indian population is given an IP address each.– Tight address assignment for customer use

(RIRs 2nd Opinion etc.) – Mobile Applications, Home Devices etc.– Multi-homing creates complex scenarios in

IPv4(Growth of Internet Routing Tables)

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IPv6 in BSNL(continued)

• Benefits– Expanded Address space– Ease of renumbering– Simplicity– Security– Manageability

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IPv6 in BSNL (continued)

• Objectives– Connecting to 6Bone to gain experience– To accumulate know-how on operation– Closely watch the developments related to

transition issues– Continuos update with current IPv6

development– Acquire sub-TLA from APNIC– Increase BGP connection with sub -TLAs

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