New Generation Transition (ngtrans)
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 Charter 
 
 Current status: active working group
 
 Chair(s):
     Robert Gilligan <Bob.Gilligan@Eng.Sun.Com>
     Tony Hain <alh@es.net>
 
 IP: Next Generation Area Director(s): 
     Scott Bradner  <sob@harvard.edu>
     Allison Mankin  <mankin@isi.edu>
 
 Area Advisor
     Scott Bradner  <sob@harvard.edu>
 
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Description of Working Group:
 
The purpose of this group is to design the mechanisms and procedures to
support the transition of the Internet from IPv4 to IPv6.

The work of the group will fall into three areas:

 1. Define the processes by which the Internet will be transitioned
    from IPv4 to IPv6.  As part of this effort, the group will produce
    a document explaining to the general Internet community what
    mechanisms will be employed in the transition, how the transition
    will work, the assumptions about infrastructure deployment inherent
    in the operation of these mechanisms, and the types of
    functionality that applications developers will be able to assume
    as the protocol mix changes over time.

 2. Define and specify the mandatory and optional mechanisms that
    vendors are to implement in hosts, routers, and other components of
    the Internet in order for the transition to be carried out. Dual
    protocol stack, encapsulation and header translation mechanisms
    must all be defined, as well as the interaction between hosts using
    different combinations of these mechanisms. The specifications
    produced will be used by people implementing these IPv6 systems.

 3. Articulate a concrete operational plan for transitioning the
    Internet from IPv4 to IPv6.  The result of this work will be a
    transition plan for the Internet that network operators and
    Internet subscribers can execute.

The group will use the Simple SIPP Transition (SST) overview
document<draft-ietf-sipp-sst-overview-00.txt> as the starting point for
its work on the IPv6 transition.

The group will work closely with the main IPng working group and the
IPng Address Configuration (addrconf) working group. The group will
co-ordinate with the tacit working group.

 
 Goals and Milestones: 
 
   Sep 94 Submit Internet-Draft on General Overview of Transition              

   Sep 94 Submit Internet Draft on Specifications of Transition Mechanisms for 
          IPv6 Hosts and Routers                                               

   Sep 94 Submit Internet-Draft of Transition Plan for the Internet            

   Jan 95 Submit Internet-Draft on Specification of mechanisms for header 
          translating routers                                                  

   Feb 95 Sunbmit Specification of Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and 
          Routers to IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard.            

   Apr 95 Submit Specifications for Header Translating Routers document to IESG
          for consideration as a  Proposed Standard.                           

   Jul 95 Submit Specifications of Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and 
          Routers to IESG for consideration as a Draft Standard.               

   Jul 95 Submit Specification of mechanisms for header translating routers to 
          IESG for consideration as a Draft Standard.                          


 Internet-Drafts:

  No Current Internet-Drafts.

 Request For Comments:

  None to date.