Non-Fragmented Network Flow Design Analysis: Comparison IPv4 with IPv6 Using Path MTU Discovery
With the expansion in the number of devices that connect to the Internet, a new area, known as the Internet of Things (IoT), appears. It was necessary to migrate the IPv4 protocol by the IPv6 protocol, due to the scarcity of IPv4 addresses. One of the advances of IPv6 concerning its predecessor was...
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| description | With the expansion in the number of devices that connect to the Internet, a new area, known as the Internet of Things (IoT), appears. It was necessary to migrate the IPv4 protocol by the IPv6 protocol, due to the scarcity of IPv4 addresses. One of the advances of IPv6 concerning its predecessor was the Path MTU Discovery protocol, in which this work aims to demonstrate its effectiveness in a virtual environment. Employing the VirtualBox virtualization program, a scenario is defined with fifteen machines with the Debian operating system and two network scenarios, one using the IPv4 network configuration and the other using the IPv6 network configuration. In both situations, the MTU values of all machines were changed to perform the performance tests while using UDP transport traffic. The fragmentation of packets demonstrated the effectiveness of the Path MTU Discovery protocol. The results achieved point to a stabilization in bandwidth and jitter when Path MTU Discovery is used and to change when it is no longer applied, proving its effectiveness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5576b7406b6b46468b2d59f2b5ed63f12023-11-20T05:00:06ZengMDPI AGComputers2073-431X2020-06-01925410.3390/computers9020054Non-Fragmented Network Flow Design Analysis: Comparison IPv4 with IPv6 Using Path MTU DiscoveryThiago Lucas0Maycon Ferreira1Rychard Plachta2Gabriel Ferreira3Kelton Costa4Faculty of Sciences, Paulista State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho, São Paulo 17033-360, BrazilInformation Security Department, Ourinhos Faculty of Technology, São Paulo 19910-206, BrazilInformation Security Department, Ourinhos Faculty of Technology, São Paulo 19910-206, BrazilFaculty of Sciences, Paulista State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho, São Paulo 17033-360, BrazilFaculty of Sciences, Paulista State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho, São Paulo 17033-360, BrazilWith the expansion in the number of devices that connect to the Internet, a new area, known as the Internet of Things (IoT), appears. It was necessary to migrate the IPv4 protocol by the IPv6 protocol, due to the scarcity of IPv4 addresses. One of the advances of IPv6 concerning its predecessor was the Path MTU Discovery protocol, in which this work aims to demonstrate its effectiveness in a virtual environment. Employing the VirtualBox virtualization program, a scenario is defined with fifteen machines with the Debian operating system and two network scenarios, one using the IPv4 network configuration and the other using the IPv6 network configuration. In both situations, the MTU values of all machines were changed to perform the performance tests while using UDP transport traffic. The fragmentation of packets demonstrated the effectiveness of the Path MTU Discovery protocol. The results achieved point to a stabilization in bandwidth and jitter when Path MTU Discovery is used and to change when it is no longer applied, proving its effectiveness.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/9/2/54MTUIPv4IPv6 |
| spellingShingle | Thiago Lucas Maycon Ferreira Rychard Plachta Gabriel Ferreira Kelton Costa Non-Fragmented Network Flow Design Analysis: Comparison IPv4 with IPv6 Using Path MTU Discovery Computers MTU IPv4 IPv6 |
| title | Non-Fragmented Network Flow Design Analysis: Comparison IPv4 with IPv6 Using Path MTU Discovery |
| title_full | Non-Fragmented Network Flow Design Analysis: Comparison IPv4 with IPv6 Using Path MTU Discovery |
| title_fullStr | Non-Fragmented Network Flow Design Analysis: Comparison IPv4 with IPv6 Using Path MTU Discovery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Non-Fragmented Network Flow Design Analysis: Comparison IPv4 with IPv6 Using Path MTU Discovery |
| title_short | Non-Fragmented Network Flow Design Analysis: Comparison IPv4 with IPv6 Using Path MTU Discovery |
| title_sort | non fragmented network flow design analysis comparison ipv4 with ipv6 using path mtu discovery |
| topic | MTU IPv4 IPv6 |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/9/2/54 |
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