RE: Starlink --- "simpler than IPv6"

"Templin (US), Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com> Mon, 19 October 2020 17:03 UTC

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From: "Templin (US), Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>
To: Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu@gmail.com>, "ipv6@ietf.org" <ipv6@ietf.org>
Subject: RE: Starlink --- "simpler than IPv6"
Thread-Topic: Starlink --- "simpler than IPv6"
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BTW, in addition to Iridium NEXT and Starlink there are other possible new
developments in LEO satellite constellations - OneWeb is another example,
and there may be others.

Fred

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipv6 [mailto:ipv6-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Templin (US), Fred L
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 9:26 AM
> To: Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu@gmail.com>; ipv6@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: Starlink --- "simpler than IPv6"
> 
> Alex, thanks for the good reminder about Iridium. Iridium did provide input to the
> ICAO discussions that "Iridium NEXT" will be an IPv4-only service. We determined
> that we could accommodate IPv6 end system communications over their service
> using IPv6-in-IPv4 encapsulation ala' RFC5214 or possibly even RFC2529. But, we
> would not use the RFC5214 LLA format - we would use OMNI LLA format instead.
> IPv6/IPv4 translation could also play a role in the data plane....
> 
> Thanks - Fred
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ipv6 [mailto:ipv6-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Alexandre Petrescu
> > Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 9:09 AM
> > To: ipv6@ietf.org
> > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Starlink --- "simpler than IPv6"
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> > 'Simpler than IPv6' might mean a smaller and easier to use device than
> > the bigger core routers which currently are known to run IPv6 natively.
> >
> > I doubt though that the Starlink service will be on IPv6.  That service
> > might be NATted IPv4, or maybe no IP at all - a network layer-less
> > application-specific protocol, maybe http over satellite.
> >
> > When Starlink service comes up it wont be in a vacuum.  At least Iridium
> > upgraded their services continuously, up to a point that nowadays one
> > can buy easily a cheap device with subscription comparable to ADSL, that
> > offers DHCP on WiFi on one hand, and Iridium on another hand gatewayed
> > down to the Internet.  An Iridium consumer-oriented chip is not bigger
> > than a typical 4G chip for the same service.  It is 'simpler',
> > 'cheaper', 'smaller'.
> >
> > I remember also Toyota talked about a potential own satellite
> > constellation for their cars, and even went far with the novel Kismeta
> > antenna design for future cars.  I dont know where that constellation
> > plans are now.
> >
> > But I really dont know how the Starlink service is designed and whether
> > IPv6 has a place in it or no.  Let's see(?)
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >
> > Le 19/10/2020 à 17:13, Behcet Sarikaya a écrit :
> > > Thanks Michael, I'd like to know as much as possible how IPv6 works in
> > > Starlink.
> > >
> > > Behcet
> > >
> > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 3:47 PM Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ca
> > > <mailto:mcr@sandelman.ca>> wrote:
> > >
> > >     Anyone read anything more specific about what Starlink is doing that is
> > >     "simpler than IPv6"?
> > >
> > >     I'd sure like to know that it permits end-terminal to end-terminal
> > >     communicatons without a trip through a data center.
> > >
> > >     --
> > >     ]               Never tell me the odds!                 | ipv6 mesh
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