INTRODUCTION :

TCP/IP is one of the the most inportant of the internet protocols. As internet and intranet appicication grow so dose the internet protol. This Article mainly discusses the latest Advances in IP.


SUMMARY:

The current version of the IP is version 4 (IPv4) .This version been standard from 1981. A newer version was developed in 1992 called the IPng now known as IPv6. IPv6 is now mainly wide spread in the networking world .It provides many solution to open topics in internet such as address space exhaustion, user mobility, security and support for ATM and Quality of service.It is widely used in labs and pilot netwoks.

The latest IP deals with commercial network , this is specially designed for Internet Service Providers to control their service network.Another change in the latest IP is to deal with ATM(is a NBMA Non Broadcast Multiple Access). Modifications done to IPv4 is called "Classical IP over ATM"(RFC 1577).Other modification approaches are Nect Hop Resolution Protocol "NHRP" , Multi-Protocol over ATM "MPOA",Integrated Private Network to Network Interface "I-PNNI", Cell Switching Routers "CSR".

Another approach is developing a IP that enables fast packet switching and traffic engineering.This is called Multi-Protocol Label Switching "MPLS". Some spproaches which are in development stages are IP over Optics and Multi-Protocol Lambda Switching . RSVP or Resource reSerVation Protocol is designed for a generic IP network.



 Conclusion :

This article talks about latest in internet protocols . The Article  talks about its features , design aspects and other concepts involved.

Personal Inference : I find this article very interesting and i would recommend all students interested in Computer networking. 

Balakumar Balasubramanian

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