Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Telecommunications

IPv6 Deployment in India Policies and Plans
Tokyo (Japan)

03.02.2011

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Department of Telecommunications (DoT) The Department of Telecommunications is part of the Ministry ofCommunications and Information Technology ,Main Functions
 Policy Formulation for the growth of telecommunication services inIndia
 Grant of licenses for various telecom services
 Spectrum Management ,Regulation and monitoring Wireless
usage

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Status and Growth of Indian Telecom
Network

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Unprecedented Growth•

Indian Telecom sector has witnessed over 5 times growth in last five
years

•

2nd largest telecom network in the world with more than 764 Million
customers•

100 million Internet users and180 million data users on mobile•

Mobile Number Portability (MNP) has been introduced in the country
recently4

Deployment of IPv6 in India

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Need for IPv6

Only 18.5 million IPv4 addresses for a population of 1.2
billion in India.
• But the requirement for IP addresses will keep increasing
with new services, new networks, new applications.
• Telecommunications will be largest consumer of IP
addresses in coming years (Broadband, 3G, NGN, 4G, LTE
etc.)• IPv4 is a diminishing resource and is very costly
compared to IPv6 right now and will be more costlier withpassage of time

IPv6 is the only solution !
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Initiatives by Government

Various issues on IPv6 were deliberated
at different levels in DoT, Department ofInformation Technology (DIT), Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) andother Stakeholders during previous years
based on which Telecom Commission in2009 took certain decisions for IPv6
related activities in India

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Government of India’s Decision All Government Departments to purchase IPv6 enabled
equipments in future To conduct Training Programmes for imparting knowledge
in IPv6 domain.
 Preparation of Migration Strategy and Migration Plan forthe country.
 Telecommuinication Engineering Centre(TEC) to take up
with Equipment Manufacturers, Service Providers andother stake holders to deploy IPv6 Compliant Equipment
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IPv6 Related Activities undertaken
byTelecom Engineering Centre (TEC)
under
Department of Telecommunications (DoT)9

Workshops Conducted by TEC
Sr No.

Date

Venue

Theme

1

21st July 2009

New Delhi

Migration from IPv4 to IPv6 in India

2

15th Sept 2009

Bangalore

IPv6 Transition and Greenfield Applications in India

3

22nd
2009

4

27th Nov 2009

Mumbai

IPv6: New opportunities for the Country

5

22nd Jan 2010

Kolkata

IPv6 Migration Timeframe by Consensus or Mandate

October Chennai

IPv6 as a New Platform for Innovation

These workshops were well attended by more than 1000 participants involving all
telecom service providers, manufacturers, industry associations, industries, govt.
departments, educational institutions (IITs, IISc etc.)

Other Events• Training Programme with APNIC, Australia (25-26th Nov 2009, Mumbai)• International Summit with IPv6 Forum (15-16th Dec 2009, New Delhi)• Appointment of Nodal Officers in Central & State Govt. Departments for IPv6
Deployment
10Workshops Participation Statistics
CATEGORY

Workshop-1

Workshop-2

Workshop-3

Workshop-4

Workshop-5(New Delhi)(Bangalore)(Chennai)(Mumbai)(Kolkata)

74

72

70

30

45

53

45

49

51

37

Telecom Service 19

21

25

20

22

1

3

3

10

8

Others

103

99

93

39

18

TOTAL

250

240

240

150

130

Government
Organizations
Industries

Providers/ISPs
Educational
Institutes

11Some important extracts from Workshops•

Suitable policy framework by Govt. for smooth Transition.

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Specific deadlines for Transition•

Creation of IPv6 Task Force and working Groups•

More Training and awareness activities•

Guidance to SME service providers and organizations on implementing
IPv6•

Govt. departments should take IP-based services from only IPv6 ready
ISPs after a certain period of time•

Promoting Pilot projects in “Greenfield Applications”
12Actionable Points of “National IPv6 Deployment Roadmap”“National IPv6 Deployment Roadmap” wasreleased by the Government of India in July 2010.
based on various IPv6 activities and discussions
1. All major Service providers (having at least 10,000 internet customers
or STM-1 bandwidth) will target to handle IPv6 traffic and offer IPv6
services by December-2011
2. All central and State government ministries and departments,
including its PSUs, shall start using IPv6 services by March-2012
3. Formation of the IPv6 Task Force with one Oversight Committee, one
Steering Committee and 10 working groups
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MOUs/ Agreements/ Collaborations
Sr
No.

Date

Venue

Event

Description

1

1st
October
2009

New
Delhi

MOU with the To jointly participate in various
IPv6 ForumIPv6 activities in India in
association with the India
Chapter of the IPv6 Forum2

1st
October
2010

New
Delhi

MOU with the
IPv6
PromotionCouncil,Japan

To collaborate on various
projects and issues concerning
the deployment of IPv6 in India( e.g. Smart Building Pilot
Project)

3.

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IIT Kanpur

Joint collaboration between
TEC, IIT Kanpur and BSNL forworking on a pilot project on“Intelligent Transport Systems
using IPv6”
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MOU with the IPv6 Promotion Council, Japan

Under this MOU following activities are envisaged:
 Promote IPv6 for telecommunication services
 Smoothen the IPv6 transition process Assist vendors, operators and other stakeholders in thetransition
 Test Bed creation for IPv6 testing IPv6 applications in wireless sensors
 IPv6 in important sectors like Health, Transportation,
Environment, Public Safety Cooperation in IPv6 trails and IPv6 pilot projects

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Few Required IPv6 based Pilot projects in India
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Logistics and Supply Chain (e.g. Railways, Shipping, Postal etc.)
Intelligent Transport System (e.g. Road & Surface Transport)
Intelligent Warfare (Ministry of Defence)
Healthcare System (Ministry of Health)Tele-education (Ministry of Human Resource Development)
Smartgrids (Ministry of Power)
Smart Buildings (All Ministries)
Sensor based Intelligent Systems (Weather Monitoring, Agricultureetc)

1. Different Ministries, Government Departments and Organizations along with
Private Sector will Work on these and similar Pilot Projects.
2. Many ministries/Departments don’t have enough computerization so they canjump start directly with IPv6 without going in for legacy IPv4 network
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Proposed IPv6 Deployment Planfor
Service Providers & Govt. Departments

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Timeframe of Activities by Service Providers
Sr.
No.

Activity

Proposed
Target Date

1.

Circulation of letters, guidelines, checklist , important points 15.9.2010
from roadmap etc. to all concerned within the organization2.

Form a dedicated “IPv6 Transition Team” within the 31.10.2010
organization

3.

Audit of Equipment Reports by other Agency

4.

Based on the Equipment Audit Reports, prepare an 31.12.2010
Equipment replacement plan to phase out non-compliant
hardware and software.

5.

Based on the replacement plan, prepare a procurement plan

6.

Identify persons for IPv6 training and send them on training A(Parallel Activity)
continuous
process

30.11.2010

31.01.201118

Timeframe of Activities by Service Providers
Sr.
No.

Activity

Proposed
Target Date

7.

Initiate the process of procurement of hardware and 31.03.2011
software as per the plans

8.

Set up a pilot test network for testing and training

31.05.2011

9.

Equipment Procurement and deployment in the network

30.09.2011

10.

Testing of hardware and software and migration of 15.12.2011
applications

11.

Launch of IPv6 Services

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Timeframe of Activities by Govt. Departments
Sr. No. Activity

TargetDate

1.

Appointment of State Nodal Officer

31.8.2010

2.

Circulation of letters, guidelines, checklist etc. to all ministries / 15.9.2010
organizations / educational institutions / PSUs etc. and orders on
appointment of departmental nodal officers to all Departments

3.

Appointment of Next level Departmental Nodal Officers

4.

Form a “State Transition Team” consisting of concerned officers & 31.10.2010
experts from stakeholders like service provider, vendors, softwaredevelopers etc.) for giving technical advice and look into issues
concerned with transition to IPv6

5.

Call a meeting of all ministries, organizations, educational 30.11.2010
institutions, PSUs etc. and discuss the following issues –a)Instructions issued by DoTb)Checklists issued by TECc)Annexure ‘A’ & ‘B’ of Roadmapd)Preparation of equipment reports

30.9.201020

Timeframe of Activities by Govt. Departments
Sr.
No.

Activity

Target Date

6.

Reports preparations based on activities in Sr. No. 5

31.12.2010

7.

Audit of Equipment Reports by other Agency

15.01.20118.

Based on the Equipment Audit Reports, prepare an Equipment 15.02.2011
replacement plan to phase out non-compliant hardware andsoftware. Assistance may be taken from “State Transition
Team”

9.

Based on the replacement plan, prepare a procurement planfor different ministries / departments

10.

Identify persons for IPv6 training and send them on training A continuous(Parallel Activity)
process

15.03.201121

Timeframe of Activities by Govt. Departments
Sr. No. Activity

Proposed
TargetDate

11.

Float tenders for procurement of hardware and software as per 15.04.2011
the plans

12.

IPv6 Address Allocation Policy

13.

Set up a pilot test network either centrally or in each department 31.07.2011
for testing and training

14.

Equipment Procurement and deployment in the network

31.10.2011

15.

Testing of hardware and software and migration of applications

28.02.2012

16.

Launch of IPv6 Services

31.03.2012

30.06.201122

Meetings for IPv6 Implementation and Important Issues
Many different meetings conducted with service providers, Central andState Government Departments and other stakeholders and following
issues emerged –
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Consultancy required by almost all Government departments for IPv6
Implementation
Vendors of mobile handsets have to be pursued for manufacture of IPv6
compliant handsets
Vendors and application developers also to be pursued for developing andsupporting IPv6 applications
Proper IPv6 address Planning for India
Urgent need for National Internet Registry (NIR) in India
To put up a detailed FAQ on IPv6 transition on the website (Under
development)
To give out a comprehensive list of IPv6 hardware and software
compliance of networking equipments to be used as a ready reference(Already released)23

India IPv6 Task Force(Structure & Functions of Working Groups)

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India IPv6 Task Force
1. Formation of IPv6 Task Force was approved by Government
in July 2010. The IPv6 Task Forcehas the following
committees & working Groups• Oversight Committee• Steering Committee• 10 working groups
2.

Membership of the task Force has now been finalized by theGovernment

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Oversight Committee
Secretary(T),ChairmanMember(T),Vice Chairman

Advisor(T)
DoT

Sr.DDG, TEC

SeniorOfficers of
DoT/DIT/TEC

DDG( NT ),Convener

Industry Associations / Heads of Service
Providers / Key Govt. Departments /Educational Institutions / Industry Forums /eminent persons
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Steering Committee (To Head the Working Groups in Task Force)
Advisor(T)/Member(T)Chairman

Sr.DDG, TEC
Vice Chairman

Senior Officers of
DoT/ DIT/TEC

DDG( NT ),Convener

Industry Associations / Heads of Service
Providers / Key Govt. Departments / Key
Educational Institutions / Industry Forums /eminent persons

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Lead & Co-Lead Organizations for Working Groups
Co‐Lead Organizations

No. ofMembers

Training and Awareness WG

Lead Service
Provider /Organization
BSNL

CMAI, CISCO, TATA

21

2.

IPv6 Network Implementation WG

TEC

CISCO, BSNL, SIFY, NIC

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3.

Standards and Specifications WG

TEC

CDOT, IPv6 Forum

20

4..

India6 Network WG

COAI, AUSPI, DoT, CISCO

22

5.

Experimental IPv6 Network WG

TataCommunications
SIFY

TEC, Juniper

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6.
7.

Pilot Project WG
Applications support WG

DITTech Mahindra

Tech Mahindra, ERNETUTStarcom, CDOT, IAMAI

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16

8.

Knowledge Resource Development
WG
IPv6 Implementation in the
Government WG
Network Security WG

ISPAI

BSNL, IAMAI, NIXI

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DoT

TEC, M/o Railways, NASSCOM,
CCAOI
M/o Defence, MHA, IISc Bangalore

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Sr.No.

Name of the Working Group

1.

9.
10.

DoT

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Note: Each working Group will be headed by a Lead Organization
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Functions of Different Working Groups
WG-1 (Training and Awareness for ~ 250,000 persons)•Hands-on trainings in association with APNIC, IISc and otherorganizations•IPv6 Certification programs for qualified engineers•Trainings for nodal officers from government•Conducting Workshops, seminars and conferences
WG-2 (IPv6 Network Implementation)•Studying the different network scenarios and make action plans forindividual service providers / organizations.
WG-3 (IPv6 Standards and Specifications)•Coordinate with TEC for development of common IPv6 specifications forthe country, which will be followed by all stakeholders.

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WG-4 (India6 Network)•To study, plan and prepare a project report for building a nationwide IPv6
Carrier Network called “Transition Pipe”, which will be entrusted to one ofthe operators

WG-5 (Experimental IPv6 Network)•Study, plan and prepare to build this network, which can then be used forexperimentation by different vendors and organizations both from the public
and the private sector.
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Functions of Different Working Groups contd..
WG-6 (Pilot Projects on “Greenfield Applications”)•Prepare Plans, project reports, funding models and coordinate withdifferent government and service providers to take up the deployment ofsuch pilot projects to demonstrate the IPv6 capabilities
WG-7 (Application Support)•Facilitate the transition of existing content and applications anddevelopment of new content and applications on IPv6.
WG-8 (Knowledge Resource Development)• To ensure active participation of the educational institutes• Involved in the change of curriculum to include study of IPv6 as a
subject.

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Functions of Different Working Groups contd..
WG-9 (IPv6 Implementation in Government)• Pursue with different government departments for implementation of
IPv6.
• Guidance on solving problems related to implementation of IPv6
• Members will be drawn from nodal officers in various government
departments for active participation
WG-10 (Network Security)• Research on Security related issues in IPv6
• Development of security protocols specific to India for use in Indian
Networks

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Workgroups: Activities Completed So Far&
Next Steps…..

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WG1: Training & Awareness35

Responsibilities• Hands on training in association with APNIC, IISc and otherorganizations• IPv6 Certification Program for qualified engineers• Network Engineers Training•Training for Nodal Officers from Government• Conducting Conferences, Seminars and workshops
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Scope• There are about 100 different central government departments /ministries• Each department/ministry has about at least 100 different units
including PSUs and their wings etc• There are 34 states/UTs and each one has about 100 different
state government ministries, departments and PSUs
• By conservative estimates, even if 5 persons are required ateach place the demand is a staggering 67,000 persons (Approx.)
to be trained on IPv6
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Readiness of BSNL

BSNL has 18 regional training centers spread geographicallythroughout IndiaBSNL has already trained 60 trainers of 18 training centers .

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BSNL is setting up 2 IPv6 test lab
 Connectivity for all training RTTCs and above test labs for
Remote Testing and Monitoring.

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WG3: Standards & Specifications

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IPv6 Standards for India•

TEC is developing the Standards Document for IPv6 Testing, which
will be released by March 2011•

TEC also proposes to set up IPv6 Test bed for testing thesestandards•

Other organizations can also set up the Test Beds and apply for
accreditation to TEC/IPv6 Ready Logo for testing these standards40

WG4: India6 Network

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India6 Network Phase wise approach
The activities of the India6 Network Working Group will be carried out in 5 phases
Awareness &SurveyNeeds
Awarenesssurvey androadmap

Network Build
Building of the
India6 Network

India6 Network
Requirement
Building of the India6
Network requirementsummary

SupportOngoing support
and optimization

Traffic andApplication
Migration
IPv6 Traffic
Application testing
and migration to theIndia6 Network• India6 Network approach has been defined• The requirements and applications will drive the network build rather than otherway around• Govt. and Academia must take the lead in creating the innovation culture in India42

WG5: Experimental IPv6 Network

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Objectives

 Create an IPV6 ready Experimental network for• Service providers to Plan / Test their V6 migration• Government Agencies to Plan / Test their V6 migration• Enterprise Customers to Plan / Test their V6 migration• Equipment / Application suppliers to test their productreadiness under customer scenarios
 Work on creating alogo lab in India
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Network Design Guidelines

Network to support simulation of various user/client andapplication/server environments like in• Enterprise Network scenarios• Consumer network scenarios• Equipment suppliers testing scenarios• Application Providers testing scenarios45

WG6: Pilot Projects on “Greenfield
Applications”

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Need for Pilot projects

Large Investments in Current IPv4
Infrastructure Uncertainty of Market Demand
IPv6 Adoption
Challenges

Lack of IPv6 Skills
Lack of IPv6 ready products andsolutions
Lack of Government incentives

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IPv6 Pilot Project - Goals
 Technology demonstration – Build confidence in IPv6 as
a technology
 Innovation – Entrepreneurship, New ideas and solutions• Showcase application of IPv6 in e-governance/citizen
services in cities/districts/states – Create market demand• Showcase that IPv6 applications can impact/enhance
the lives of our citizens – Create market demand• Showcase solutions – which result in RoI48

A few IPv6 pilot projects planned
 Initiate IPv6 pilot projects across at least across one
state from eastern, northern, western and southern partof India.
 Proposed states: Bihar, Uttarakhand, Gujarat,
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh,
Tamilnadu
 A pilot project would be executed across at least two
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A few IPv6 pilot projects planned
Sector

Pilot project

IT Infrastructure

IPv6 enablement of State Data Center Infrastructure(Including switches, network component, monitoring, SSDG, security,
access control, Edge, Cloud, Green DC)

IT Infrastructure

IPv6 based Backbone Testbed

Citizen Services

IPv6 Enabled Citizen Services over Secure Data Center

Citizen services

Delivery of Citizen Services over IPv6 enabled SDG (issuance ofIncome Certificate, Child School performance monitoring System)

Agriculture

IPv6 enablement of Wireless Sensors for Agriculture use(Example in a greenhouse to monitor temperature and moisture andturn on relevant devices to control these parameters)

Healthcare

IPv6 based Healthcare/tele-medicine
Electronic Health records linked to Aadhaar and stored centrally
Providing health based benefits to beneficiaries using IPv6
enabled devices and authentication based on Aadhaar

Education

IPv6 based e-learning system

Electoral process

Internet based voting using Aadhaar
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Milestones
 Finalize Pilot projects – 1 Month Scope Location
 Size Get funding approvals – 3 Months
 Resources Logistics

 Execution of projects – 12 – 18months

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Deliverables
 Demonstration of IPv6 enabled infrastructure,
Applications and services
 Creation of IPv6 resource pool
 Scalable solutions which can be adopted across thenationRole model District/Village/State around IPv6
solutions52

WG7: Application Support53

Areas Impacted by IPv6

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IPv6 across applications
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State wide Wide area Network (SWAN)
State Wide Data Center (SDC)
Common services Center (CSC)
E-Governance services
Citizen services

Egovernance/Citizen
services
Applications• UID services• Ration card services• Passport services• Income tax services• Electoral services• Police services• Education services• Healthcare services• Energy monitoring• And so forth ….

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IPv6 Consulting – Key Deliverables

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IPv6 Solution Showcase

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R.M. Agarwal, DDG(NT)
Department of Telecommunications
Email: ddgsa.tec@gov.in
Mob: +91- 9868133440

B.K.Nath, Director(SA)Telecommunication Engineering Centre
Email: dirsa3.tec@gov.in
Mob: +91-9868137003

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