Performance Analysis of IPv4 to IPv6 Transition Mechanisms

The rapid developments in science and technology has led to more and more devices and systems being connected to the internet. With this, the depletion of available IPv4 addresses has increased and the requirement of a full-fledged IPv6 architecture ameliorated. There are many available transition mechanisms each with distinct requirements, operational theory and availability that help in adapting IPv6. A performance analysis can help network engineers decide the best transition mechanism for their environment. Performance metrics like RTT, throughput and bandwidth help in examining these mechanisms and to select the appropriate technique. In this paper, the main focus is to evaluate the different transition mechanisms with the help of cisco packet tracer. The analysis depicts that dual stack has better performance when compared to tunneling.