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ZTE Communications ›› 2013, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (3): 51-55.doi: DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1673-5188.2013.03.009

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IVI/MAP-T/MAP-E: Unified IPv4/IPv6 Stateless Translation and Encapsulation Technologies

Congxiao Bao and Xing Li   

  1. Network Science and Cyberspace Research Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2013-04-01 Online:2013-09-25 Published:2013-09-25
  • About author:Congxiao Bao is an associate researcher with Network Science and Cyberspace Research Center, Tsinghua University. His research interests include computer networks and multimedia communication systems. He is the leading author of five IETF RFC documents on stateless IPv4/IPv6 translation technology.

    Xing Li is a professor with Network Science and Cyberspace Research Center, Tsinghua University. His research interests include signal and information processing, computer networks, and multimedia communication systems. He is the leading author of eight IETF RFC documents.
  • Supported by:
    This denotation combines the Roman numbers IV (four) and VI (six) so that IVI means the interconnection of IPv4 and IPv6.

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Abstract: Stateless translation and stateless double translation/encapsulation technologies (IVI/MAP-T/MAP-E) define the address mapping and protocol translation/encapsulation algorithms between IPv4 and IPv6. IVI/MAP-T/MAP-E technologies maintain end-to-end address transparency between IPv4 and IPv6 and support communication initiated by IPv4-only or IPv6-only end systems. Therefore, they are the very critical techniques for the IPv4/IPv6 coexistence and transition.

Key words: stateless translation, address mapping, protocol translation