Perspective of APIPv6TF

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Perspective of APIPv6TF

• Dr. Vincent WS Chen
• Co-Chair, National IPv6 Development and
  Deployment Program
• Chair, Promotion Area, IPv6 Forum Taiwan

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Taiwans experience

• Initial Stage
• Get government awareness and involvement
• Established IPv6 Steering Committee in 2001
• Constructed National IPv6 Project in 2002
• Public and Industry Promotion and Education
• Founded IPv6 Forum Taiwan in 2002
• Nation-wide IPv6 tutorial and exhibitions

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Promotion Bodies

• NICI IPv6 Steering Committee (SC)
• Established by NICI in Nov.2001
• (NICI National Information and Communications
  Initiative Committee)
• IPv6 Forum Taiwan
• Established by TWNIC and ITRI in Apr.2002
• Aims to improve market and industry awareness of
  IPv6
• 14 Group members

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NICI IPv6 Steering Committee

• Led by Minister Dr. Tsai, head of NICI
• Proposed the National IPv6 DnD Program
• Secretariats
• DGT (Directorate General of Telecommunications)
• TWNIC
• Hold Regular Meetings every 2 months
• Monitor and advise the progress of National
  Project
• Coordinate among government agencies to
  facilitate IPv6 deployment

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Government Side

• IPv6 Development Deployment Program
• A 5-year project (2003-2007)
• Missions
• To integrate existing IPv6 resources and efforts
  from the government, industry, and research
  institutes
• To help public Internet infrastructure upgrading
  to IPv6
• To enhance competitiveness of local industry
• USD 2.2 millions allocated for 2003
• Over 20 Orgs involved
• RD
• Infrastructure Application
• Promotion
• Standard Testing

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National IPv6 Project

• Strategy
• Infrastructure
• Research, Education, Commercial, Government
  Networks
• Standard Testing
• Established National IPv6 Standard Testing Lab
• Encourage vendors to acquire IPv6 ready logo
• Promotion
• Leverage with IPv6 forum Taiwans activities
• RD
• Industry Academia collaboration
• 2004s focus Chip (SOC), SIP-based VoIPv6,
  Mobile IPv6, IPSEC

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IPv6 Forum Taiwan

• IPv6 Forum Taiwan Journal
• Taiwan IPv6 Portal Website
• Domestic Events
• Trainings, Workshops, Seminars
• International Event
• The 1st Global IPv6 Summit in AP
• International Cooperation
• Korea, Japan, EU
• IPv6 Showroom/Showcase
• To be opened Dec.2003
• Located in Taipei and Hsinchu
• Vendors awareness of IPv6

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Industry Side

• Taiwan is the world largest supplier of user-end
  network devices.
• US 6Bn value
• Ethernet Card/Hub/Switch?WLAN Card/AP?ADSL/CATV
  Modem
• Many vendors show interest but still need more
  market-driven forces on IPv6.
• Market is obscure, lack of strong motivation
• ROI (Return of Investment) is not clear
• Gap between academia research goals and
  industrys needs

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Industry Side (Cont.)

• Local vendors support on IPv6
• ASKEY Home Router (released)
• D-Link Router, xDSL Modem (released)
• AMBIT Router (in progress)
• ZyXEL Router, xDSL Modem (in progress)
• ADMtek SoC (in progress)
• Leadtek Video Phone (in progress)
• Foreign vendors
• Juniper, NEC, Cisco, Ericsson, 6Wind, Future,
  Spirent, Inteletc.
• National IPv6 Standard Interop Testing Lab
• Opened in July, 2003
• Official delegate of IPv6 Logo Committee, IPv6
  Forum
• Provide local manufacturers international
  standardized services

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Overall Status summary

• Government Has announced to support IPv6
  officially.
• Promoting IPv6 is now a national strategy
• National fund is being allocated since 2003
• Taiwan Internet infrastructure is upgrading from
  IPv4 to IPv4/IPv6 coexist.
• Driven by the National IPv6 project, ISPs,
  Telcos, and the vendors are getting involved.
• IPv6 promotion is an international effort, Taiwan
  would like to cooperate with any company or
  country.
• However,
• Positive but still very cautious to get
  advantages
• Demanding IPv6 killer-apps service to the public

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Get APIPv6TF rolling

• Leverage Each Countrys strength
• RD
• Manufacturing
• Market
• Joint activity for potential killer applications
• SIPv6 Deployment
• Promotion activities
• Showrooms collaboration and resource sharing
• KR/JP/TWs case

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Call for Participation

• 2004 IPv6 Summit in Taiwan
• Empowering IPv6 Industrialization
• Organized by IPv6 Forum Taiwan and National IPv6
  Project Office.
• 26-27 August, Taipei
• In conjunction with
• Taipei Telecom Show
• International VoIP Conference
• 15th SIPit (SIP Interoperability Test Event)
• IPv6 Plugtest seminar