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Preface
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) offers the potential of achieving the scalability,
reachability, end-to-end interworking, quality of service (QoS), and commercial-
grade robustness for data as well as for Voice-over-IP (VoIP)/triple-play networks.
Such capabilities are mandatory mileposts of the technology if it is to replace the
time division multiplexing (TDM) infrastructure around the world.
IPv6 is now gaining momentum globally, with major interest and activity in
Europe and Asia, and there also is some traction in the United States. For example,
the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced in 2003 that from October
1, 2003, ...