Ericsson Roams on IPv6Ericsson Roams on IPv6

STOCKHOLM -- Ericsson and TeliaSonera have successfully demonstrated IPv6 services over a commercial GPRS network in an international roaming scenario.

The demonstration shows that IPv6 services can be supported in acommercial mobile infrastructure, even when roaming, using automatedIP tunneling. This can be seen as a stepping-stone toward native IPv6networks and services including peer-to-peer applications.

An IPv6-enabled laptop with a Sony Ericsson GPRS PCMCIA was used toset up a connection through a commercial GPRS network in Belgium tothe home network at TeliaSonera in Sweden. The laptop clientautomatically set up an IPv6-in-IPv4 tunnel using Intra-SiteAutomatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP) to TeliaSonera's IPv6test mobile network, where IPv6 application servers are located andconnectivity to the IPv6 Internet is provided.

"This is a joint effort between Ericsson and TeliaSonera," says HåkanEriksson, Vice President & General Manager, Research and Developmentat Ericsson. "We are building on our relationship from IPv6standardization and we will gain experience for peer-to-peer mobileservices as well as for the introduction of the complete IPv6 based IMS."

"This joint demonstration over TeliaSonera commercial GPRS networkshows our ability to introduce new commercial services based on IPv6over the existing IPv4 domain," says Håkan Dahlström, ManagingDirector, Network & Productions, Mobile Network at TeliaSonera. "Thiscan also be regarded as a first milestone towards full IPv6capability in Mobile and Wireless networks."

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