RE: 3GPP v6-only IMS [RE: WG Last Call: 3GPP Analysis Document]

[Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi>]

On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Soliman Hesham wrote:
>  > On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Soliman Hesham wrote:
>  > [...]
>  > > => I'd love to do that. However, how does this happen in 
>  > > practice? Let's say 3GPP went with IPv6 only and 3GPP2
>  > > did dual stack or IPv4 only for their IMS. And let's 
>  > > say that some operators decide to enable IPv4 only
>  > > in their 3GPP2 networks, or in their fixed broadband networks.
>  > > Now a 3GPP operator has three options:
>  > > 
>  > > 1. Tell the others to upgrade to v6
>  > > 2. Tell its subscribers that they can't contact certain
>  > >    networks.
>  > > 3. Provide a mechanism that allows subscribers to talk
>  > >    to those v4 only people. 
>  > > 
>  > > 1) is unrealistic. If it can be done, then why hasn't
>  > > it been done already? 2) doesn't seem realistic either
>  > > from a commercial point of view.
>  > 
>  > If 3GPP2 would deliberately choose to build a 
> 
> => 3GPP2 is only one example. There are ISPs offering
> VoIP to fixed broadband users today in the US with
> a large subscriber base.

Are these connected to the global Internet, or terminated at the ISP?

Especially in this case, the v4 NATs are particulatly troublesome, 
upgrading those voip boxes to dual-stack would (help) the two birds with 
one stone: make it easier to use VoIP by the broadband users, and to be 
able to better interconnect to other phones, like 3GPP.

>  > non-interopreable network, 
>  > would it be 3GPP's fault?
> 
> => No, but no one said that "if one market
> chooses AMPS and another chooses GSM then there 
> is no need for those subscribers in the different
> market to communicate". That would have been a disaster
> for the industry.

There is no physical problem here.  Using your analogy, in this case, AMPS
(or GSM) could fix the interoperability problem using a software upgrade
(to IPv6).

I think the point here is whether the markets wish to co-operate or not.  
We can't force them to..

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